A comparison of simple score and latent class approaches: application to HIV knowledge data in Chinese and multi-country contexts

被引：1

作者：

Maslovskaya, Olga ^{[1
]}

Smith, Peter W. F. ^{[2
]}

Padmadas, Sabu S. ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Southampton, Natl Ctr Res Methods, Southampton, Hants, England

[2] Univ Southampton, Adm Data Res Ctr England, Southampton, Hants, England

[3] Univ Southampton, Fac Social Human & Math Sci, Dept Social Stat & Demog, Southampton, Hants, England

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2018年 / 21卷 / 02期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

Latent class analysis; composite indicators; simple score measures; HIV knowledge; China; HIV/AIDS KNOWLEDGE; BEHAVIORAL SKILLS; ST-PETERSBURG; ATTITUDES; AIDS; INTERVENTION; INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; COMMUNITY; PATTERNS;

D O I：

10.1080/13645579.2017.1367555

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Knowledge about different health-related attitudes, beliefs, and risks is of significant interest to scholars in different Social Science disciplines. Usually knowledge is collected in a form of multiple variables and then constructed as a composite indicator. The question any researcher working with knowledge-related variables faces is: what is the best way to measure and summarise different dimensions of health-related knowledge? The main goal of this paper is to evaluate and compare simple score and latent class approaches to measuring and summarising health-related knowledge using population data on HIV knowledge collected in five selected countries (China, India, Kenya, Malawi, and Ukraine). The advantages and shortcomings of both approaches (simple score and latent class approaches) to measuring and summarising health-related knowledge are evaluated and discussed.

引用

页码：243 / 261

页数：19