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Title	A categorical data analysis of health practices, health status, and hospital utilization in metropolitan St. John's
Author	Veitch, Barbara M.
Description	Thesis (M.A.S.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1991. Mathematics and Statistics
Date	1991
Pagination	viii, 135, [11] leaves : ill.
Subject	Public health--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's; Health facilities--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--Utilization; Hospital utilization--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's
Degree	M.A.S.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Discipline	Mathematics and Statistics
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 127-134.
Abstract	Questionnaires were administered to adults from a sample of households in the Metropolitan St. John's area to gather data on their lifestyles, health habits and utilization of medical care services. -- Health practices, as described in the social medical literature (eating breakfast, smoking, drinking, sleeping, correctness of weight, and exercising), are explored. A variety of statistical measures of association are used to gauge the strength of the relationships between these variables and one's health status. -- The relationships between sleeping habits and one's health is examined using logistic regression. This analytical technique is again employed to study the effect of alcoholic consumption on health and to further explore its effect once educational level is controlled for. -- From individual health practices, a weighted health practice index is developed. Using loglinear analysis we build models so as to examine the association between this score and hospital utilization, controlling for sex, age and education.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	76083167
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(18.84 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Veitch_BarbaraM.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	98406.cpd