Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
December 15, 2024
Summary:
We define a model for the joint distribution of multiple continuous latent variables, which includes a model for how their correlations depend on explanatory variables. This is motivated by and applied to social scientific research questions in the analysis of intergenerational help and support within families, where the correlations describe reciprocity of help between generations and complementarity of different kinds of help. We propose an MCMC procedure for estimating the model which maintains the positive definiteness of the implied correlation matrices and describe theoretical results which justify this approach and facilitate efficient implementation of it. The model is applied to data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study to analyse exchanges of practical and financial support between adult individuals and their noncoresident parents.
Published in
Annals of Applied Statistics
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 18 , p.3 -3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1214/24-AOAS1921
ISSN
19326157
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Open Access
A CC BY 4.0 license is applied to this article arising from this submission, in accordance with the grant’s open access conditions.
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