1. HIV testing (y) --> coded 0 for no, 1 for yes
2. Gender (gender) --> coded 0 for Male, 1 for Female
3. Age group (agegr) --> coded 0 for <=25 yrs, 1 for >25 yrs.
I tried to find the factors associated with HIV testing.
I used the logistic model to identify factors and interaction term;
Case1: Model with main effect and interaction term
Code:
logit y i.gender i.agegr gender#agegr predict y // find probability in each covariate pattern predict n, n // identify covariate pattern
Code:
logit y i.gender i.agegr predict y2 predict n2, n
So, Case1 and Case2 had 4 patterns.
Gender | Agegr | Pattern no. (n) |
0 | 0 | 1 |
0 | 1 | 2 |
1 | 1 | 3 |
1 | 1 | 4 |
Example;
In my imagination of Case1;
Should I have 16 patterns?
Gender | Agegr | Interaction of Gender and Agegr | Pattern no. |
0 | 0 | 0 (Gender=0, Agegr=0) | 1 |
0 | 0 | 1 (Gender=0, Agegr=1) | 2 |
0 | 0 | 2 (Gender=1, Agegr=0) | 3 |
0 | 0 | 3 (Gender=1, Agege=1) | 4 |
0 | 1 | 0 (Gender=0, Agegr=0) | 5 |
0 | 1 | 1 (Gender=0, Agegr=1) | 6 |
0 | 1 | 2 (Gender=1, Agegr=0) | 7 |
0 | 1 | 3 (Gender=1, Agege=1) | 8 |
1 | 0 | 0 (Gender=0, Agegr=0) | 9 |
1 | 0 | 1 (Gender=0, Agegr=1) | 10 |
1 | 0 | 2 (Gender=1, Agegr=0) | 11 |
1 | 0 | 3 (Gender=1, Agege=1) | 12 |
1 | 1 | 0 (Gender=0, Agegr=0) | 13 |
1 | 1 | 1 (Gender=0, Agegr=1) | 14 |
1 | 1 | 2 (Gender=1, Agegr=0) | 15 |
1 | 1 | 3 (Gender=1, Agege=1) | 16 |
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