Re: st: Comparing trend (y) with trend (x) using ordinal logistic regression

[Ameya Bondre <ameyabondre.jhsph@gmail.com>]

I am sorry but I think I was not clear...

So, the logit model that I am looking for is -

malnutrition (0 = present in 2009 and 1 = present in 2011) --->
constant + exclusive breastfeeding (0 = present in 2009 and 1 =
present in 2011)

to see relationship between change in malnutrition as a function of
time and a function of change in breastfeeding prevalence...


and the data I have is -

  mal     bf      time
1       0       0       0
2       1       0       0
3       1       1       0
4       0       1       1
5       0       1       1
6       1       0       1

where 0 and 1 for mal and bf, stand for "no" and "yes" or "absence"
and "presence" of malnutrition and breastfeeding respectively,
depending on time = 0 (2009) or 1 (2011). Both variables could take
either of 2 possible values at one time.

So, I can surely do logits choosing one of these variables as a
function of time like; mal = c + time /bf = c + time..

but, if I perform a logit like this: mal = c + bf + time, it can't
give the relationship between change in mal (y) and change in bf (x),
over time (or from 2009 to 2011)?...

I am sorry, I hope I'm clear now?..

Thank you for your time..




On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd follow Maarten's pointers on this. Yes; -bf- can be a predictor too.
>
> I am puzzled by your belief, repeated here, that you need new
> variables. You already have the data in optimal form as 0 and 1 values
> for logit analyses: creating different versions of the same variables
> will make nothing easier and -logit- impossible.
>
> Nick
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Ameya Bondre
> <ameyabondre.jhsph@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, I am trying to see if I can adapt the example given by
> > Maarten, to my data...but would it be possible if I want to include
> > mal and bf as a response and predictor respectively, in the same logit
> > model and with this data set?
> >
> > If yes, do I have to create new variables from mal and bf, to see
> > trend in mal as a function of trend in bf?
> >
> >  I mean variables such as mal = 1 (mal in 2009) or 2 (mal in 2011) and
> > bf = 1 (bf in 2009) or 2  (bf in 2011)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> All your variables are binary, so your ordinal logit collapses to a
> >> logit. Other predictors you don't name won't change that so long as
> >> your outcome variable is fraction or proportion malnourished.
> >>
> >> Nick
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Ameya Bondre
> >> <ameyabondre.jhsph@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > My data set is in this format: [observations 1 to 6 --> children
> >> > (with
> >> > their mothers as respondents)]
> >> >
> >> >         mal     bf      time
> >> > 1       0       0       0
> >> > 2       1       0       0
> >> > 3       1       1       0
> >> > 4       0       1       1
> >> > 5       0       1       1
> >> > 6       1       0       1
> >> >
> >> > where each of the three variables is ordinal taking two values, 0 and
> >> > 1.
> >> >
> >> > Explanation for variables:
> >> >
> >> > time: data collected in year ___ (0 = year 2009, 1 = year 2011)
> >> > mal: child malnourished (0 = no, 1 = yes)
> >> > bf: child breastfed exclusively for first six months (0 = no, 1 =
> >> > yes)
> >> >
> >> > I want to see the relationship between the change in number of
> >> > malnourished children with the change in number of children
> >> > exclusively breastfed, from 2009 to 2011. I tried to perform an
> >> > ordinal logistic regression but I am getting errors.
> >> >
> >> > Could you please explain the way in which I can construct new
> >> > variables out of these, to enter in the ologit model? My end goal is
> >> > to assess the change in malnutrition as a function of the change in
> >> > other predictors as well, in addition to bf.
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Dr. Ameya Bondre
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Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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