Socioeconomic factors, ethnicity and alcohol-related mortality in regions in Slovakia. What might a tree analysis add to our understanding?
(2011) Health & Place — Vol. 17, n° 3, p. 701-709 (2011)
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- Regional differences differences in alcohol-related mortality might reflect strong socioeconomic differences between regions. The present study examines the contribution of education, unemployment, income and minority proportion on regional differences in alcohol-related mortality for inhabitants aged 20-64 years. Linear regression analysis and a non-parametric regression tree analysis were used separately for males and females. The unemployment rate and low education appeared as important determinants of regional alcohol-related mortality, while the proportion of Roma and income were not significantly associated with alcohol-related mortality among males in Slovak districts. A district's unemployment rate was assumed to be the strongest predictor of the outcome measure. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Rosicova, K., Geckova, A. M., Rosic, M., Speybroeck, N., Groothoff, J. W., & van Dijk, J. P. (2011). Socioeconomic factors, ethnicity and alcohol-related mortality in regions in Slovakia. What might a tree analysis add to our understanding? Health & Place, 17(3), 701-709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.01.004 (Original work published 2011)