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23:13 Apr 25, 2010 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop | |||||||
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| Selected response from: John Detre Canada | ||||||
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4 +4 | estimates about the characteristics of the general population, broken down by gender |
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estimates about the characteristics of the general population, broken down by gender Explanation: In epidemiological studies, the denominator is the general population under study (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denominator_data). For example, if you have statistics on industrial injuries, broken down by age, occupation, etc. (the numerator), these figures are only meaningful as statistics if you also have data on the total working population, also broken down by age, occupation, etc. (the denominator). Then you can determine which age groups, occupations, etc. are most at risk. So what data you use for the denominator will be an important issue (http://atlantic.aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcc/17-3/a_e.html). In your example, the numerator is presumably statistics on women who inject drugs or are partners of men who inject drugs. To make these statistics meaningful, you need parallel information about the general population, broken down by gender. For example, if you know the income distribution of women who inject drugs, you will then need an estimate of the income distribution of women in general to determine whether drug use is more prevalent among women in a given income group. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2010-04-26 02:48:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, I see my links don't work because I enclosed them in brackets. Here they are again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denominator_data http://atlantic.aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcc/17-3/a_e.html |
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