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Introduction

An Introduction to Survival Analysis: Factors Influencing the Duration of Breast Feeding

Judy Ryan

Department of Sociology The Australian National University

Owen Dent

Department of Sociology The Australian National University

Life table survival analysis is a technique for examining the effect of one or more independent variables on the time lapse between an initial event such as diagnosis of a disease and a terminal event such as complete remission or death. The method is based on a prospective study design with thorough follow-up of cases but it also takes account of cases lost to follow-up. There is considerable potential for applica tion of this technique in sociology, demography and psychology. In this paper, life table survival analysis is described and an example is given of analysis of factors influencing the duration of breast feeding.

Journal of Sociology, Vol. 20, No. 2, 183-196 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/144078338402000202
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