Use of Design Effects and Sample Weights in Complex Health Survey Data: A Review of Published Articles Using Data From 3 Commonly Used Adolescent Health Surveys

Bell, Bethany A.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Ferron, John M.; Jiao, Qun G.; Hibbard, Susan T.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2011.300398

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“…Because the Add Health data were collected using a complex survey design (described above), we estimate all models using the SAS SurveyLogistic Procedure (An 2002) to obtain appropriate estimates and standard errors (Bell et al 2012). The survey logistic procedure is similar to traditional logistic regression, except for the handling of the variance.…”

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Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious in Adolescence? Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion

2014

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Though Durkheim argued that strong social relationships protect individuals from suicide, we posit that these relationships have the potential to increase individuals’ vulnerability when they expose them to suicidality. Using three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we evaluate whether new suicidal thoughts and attempts are in part responses to exposure to the suicide attempts of role models, specifically friends and family. We find that the suicide attempts of role models do in fact trigger new suicidal thoughts and in some cases attempts, even after significant controls are introduced. Moreover, we find that these effects fade with time, that girls are more vulnerable to them than boys, and that the relationship to the role model—for teenagers at least—matters. Friends appear to be more salient role models for both boys and girls. Our findings suggest that exposure to suicidal behaviors in significant others may teach individuals new ways to deal with emotional distress, namely by becoming suicidal. This reinforces the idea that the structure – and content – of social networks conditions their role in preventing suicidality. Specifically, social ties can be conduits of not just social support, but also anti-social behaviors, like suicidality.

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Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious in Adolescence? Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion

2014

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“…35 Following the recommendations of CDC and recent research on use of pooled YRBS data, we used the complex survey procedures in SPSS to take into account the complex sampling design and included sample weights in all of our analyses. 33,36 In particular, in computing standard errors, we used Taylor series linearization.…”

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Suicide Ideation and Bullying Among US Adolescents: Examining the Intersections of Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

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James²,

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Am J Public Health

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“…Primary health research involving complex sampling often employs inappropriate statistical approaches to inference, and often gives insufficient detail to provide methodological clarity [1, 2]. Related to this is the issue in repeated cross-sectional studies whereby pooled cross-sectional estimation in the presence of repeat responses from the same individuals can yield biased estimates and incorrect estimates of standard error if inappropriate statistical methodology is applied [2, 3].…”

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Repeat participation in annual cross-sectional surveys of drug users and its implications for analysis

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ObjectiveWe sought to establish the extent of repeat participation in a large annual cross-sectional survey of people who inject drugs and assess its implications for analysis.ResultsWe used “porn star names” (the name of each participant’s first pet followed by the name of the first street in which they lived) to identify repeat participation in three Australian Illicit Drug Reporting System surveys. Over 2013–2015, 2468 porn star names (96.2%) appeared only once, 88 (3.4%) twice, and nine (0.4%) in all 3 years. We measured design effects, based on the between-cluster variability for selected estimates, of 1.01–1.07 for seven key variables. These values indicate that the complex sample is (e.g.) 7% less efficient in estimating prevalence of heroin use (ever) than a simple random sample, and 1% less efficient in estimating number of heroin overdoses (ever). Porn star names are a useful means of tracking research participants longitudinally while maintaining their anonymity. Repeat participation in the Australian Illicit Drug Reporting System is low (less than 5% per annum), meaning point-prevalence and effect estimation without correction for the lack of independence in observations is unlikely to seriously affect population inference.

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Use of Design Effects and Sample Weights in Complex Health Survey Data: A Review of Published Articles Using Data From 3 Commonly Used Adolescent Health Surveys

Cited by 79 publications

References 12 publications

Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious in Adolescence? Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion

Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious in Adolescence? Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion

Suicide Ideation and Bullying Among US Adolescents: Examining the Intersections of Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

Repeat participation in annual cross-sectional surveys of drug users and its implications for analysis

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