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TY - JOUR
T1 - Geographic influences on the uptake of infant immunisations: 1: concepts, models and aggregate analyses.
AU - Senior, M. L.
AU - New, S. J.
AU - Gatrell, Tony
AU - Francis, B. J.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This is the first of two papers in which the effects on the uptake of immunisation of transport, time - space, and gender-role constraints, among a wider range of influences, are assessed statistically. A critique of a paper by Jarman et al leads to the formulation of an improved conceptual and statistical framework for analyses of uptake. Within this framework, the possibility of explaining immunisation uptake by using readily available data at the District Health Authority scale is reevaluated. Results suggest that analyses solely at this highly aggregate scale are plagued by the statistical problem of overdispersion, and cannot provide reliable explanations of uptake. Rather, it is argued, disaggregate or, preferably, multilevel analyses are required. Such analyses form the subject matter of the second paper.
AB - This is the first of two papers in which the effects on the uptake of immunisation of transport, time - space, and gender-role constraints, among a wider range of influences, are assessed statistically. A critique of a paper by Jarman et al leads to the formulation of an improved conceptual and statistical framework for analyses of uptake. Within this framework, the possibility of explaining immunisation uptake by using readily available data at the District Health Authority scale is reevaluated. Results suggest that analyses solely at this highly aggregate scale are plagued by the statistical problem of overdispersion, and cannot provide reliable explanations of uptake. Rather, it is argued, disaggregate or, preferably, multilevel analyses are required. Such analyses form the subject matter of the second paper.
U2 - 10.1068/a250425
DO - 10.1068/a250425
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
SP - 425
EP - 436
JO - Environment and Planning A
JF - Environment and Planning A
SN - 1472-3409
IS - 3
ER -