title: Survival analysis in family research.
abstract: Within the field of family psychology, questions regarding the risk of event occurrence may be common. Such questions, about whether and when events occur and what predicts these occurrences, pose particular methodological challenges and are often best addressed via a statistical method known as survival analysis. This article provides a brief overview of that method, explicating through a data example the major components of a discrete-time survival analysis. Readers not familiar with this method are encouraged to use this article as an introduction to survival analysis and recognize its potential usefulness within the field of family psychology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. mkeiley@auburn.edu
authors.forename: Margaret K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Keiley
authors.forename: Nina C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012107:Research Design; D016019:Survival Analysis