Open AccessMisclassification Bias and the Estimated Effect of Parental Involvement Laws on Adolescents' Reproductive Outcomes
Author(s) -
Silvie Colman,
Ted Joyce,
Robert Kaestner
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.116509
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , psychology , sociology
We evaluated the presence of misclassification bias in the estimated effect of parental involvement laws on minors' reproductive outcomes when subjection to such laws was measured by age at the time of pregnancy resolution.