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ERIC Number: EJ1189022
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1364-5579
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A Comparison of Simple Score and Latent Class Approaches: Application to HIV Knowledge Data in Chinese and Multi-Country Contexts
Maslovskaya, Olga; Smith, Peter W. F.; Padmadas, Sabu S.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, v21 n2 p243-261 2018
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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; India; Kenya; Malawi; Ukraine
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