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Activity Number: 257
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 2, 2010 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Abstract - #309296
Title: Handling Missing Data in a Longitudinal Community Epidemiological Study of Urban Children's Exposure to Violence
Author(s): Lingqi Tang*+ and Thomas R. Belin and Michele Cooley-Strickland
Companies: University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Los Angeles Center for Culture and Health
Address: 10920 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA, 91030,
Keywords: missing data ; multiple imputation ; community violence ; African American
Abstract:

The project Multiple Opportunities to Reach Excellence (MORE) is a longitudinal community epidemiological study. It was designed to investigate the risk and protective factors associated with alcohol, tobacco, and other substance exposure and use among urban primarily African American children who have been exposed to varying levels (low, moderate, high) of neighbourhood violence. Data sources were comprised of 425 youth (ages 7-13), their parents and teachers, school records, and characteristics of the neighbourhood environment assessed by independent evaluators collected in two annual waves. In this study, we examine the missing data patterns across data sets and informants to explore alternative strategies for dealing with missing data.


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