title: Regression analysis of current-status data:  an application to breast-feeding.
abstract: "Although techniques for calculating mean survival time from current-status data are well known, their use in multiple regression models is somewhat troublesome.  Using data on current breast-feeding behavior, this article considers a number of techniques that have been suggested in the literature, including parametric, nonparametric, and semiparametric models as well as the application of standard schedules.  Models are tested in both proportional-odds and proportional-hazards frameworks....I fit [the] models to current status data on breast-feeding from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in six countries:  two African (Mali and Ondo State, Nigeria), two Asian (Indonesia and Sri Lanka), and two Latin American (Colombia and Peru)."
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Grummer-strawn
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003105:Colombia; D003906:Developing Countries; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006262:Health; D007214:Indonesia; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007843:Latin America; D008302:Mali; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009549:Nigeria; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010568:Peru; D012106:Research; D013020:South America; D013188:Sri Lanka; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Americas; Asia; Breast Feeding; Colombia; Data Analysis; Developing Countries; English Speaking Africa; Estimation Technics; Evaluation; French Speaking Africa; Health; Indonesia; Infant Nutrition; Latin America; Mali; Mathematical Model; Models, Theoretical; Nigeria; Nutrition; Peru; Research Methodology; South America; Southeastern Asia; Southern Asia; Sri Lanka; Western Africa