Mapping socio-economic status using mixed data: a hierarchical Bayesian approach.

ABSTRACT: We propose a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate a socio-economic status (SES) index based on mixed dichotomous and continuous variables. In particular, we extend Quinn's ([2004]. Bayesian factor analysis for mixed ordinal and continuous responses. Political Analysis, 12(4), 338-353. https://doi.org/10.1093/pan/mph022) and Schliep and Hoeting's ([2013]. Multilevel latent Gaussian process model for mixed discrete and continuous multivariate response data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 18(4), 492-513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13253-013-0136-z) factor analysis models for mixed dichotomous and continuous variables by allowing a spatial hierarchical structure of key parameters of the model. Unlike most SES assessment models proposed in the

SUBMITTER: Virgili-Gervais G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7617442 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature