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Loglinear Modelling with Latent Variables: the Case of Mobility Tables

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Sociometric Research

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In this chapter mobility tables of Denmark and Britain will be reanalysed. Following Clogg’s earlier work (Clogg, 1981a, 1981b), a loglinear analysis with latent variables will be presented. The methodology is embedded in the latent structure analysis, developed by Paul F. Lazarsfeld (Lazarsfeld, 1950a, 1950b, 1954, 1959; Lazarsfeld and Henry, 1968). Besides Lazarsfeld’s and Clogg’s work, papers by Leo Goodman (1974a, 1974b), Jacques Hagenaars (1976, 1978), and my own unpublished work (Luijkx, 1983) are the basis of this chapter.

Direct all correspondence to: Ruud Luijkx, Department of Sociology, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90.153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification (International Sociological Association) in Budapest on 10 September 1984, and at the First International Conference on Methodological Research (ISA and the Dutch Sociometric Society) in Amsterdam on 5 October 1984. I thank Jacques Hagenaars (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) for his valuable help in the completion of this chapter and Clifford C. Clogg (Pennsylvania State University, Pa, USA) for his comments. Corrections of my English by Kate Ascher are very much appreciated.

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  1. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Willem E. Saris (Professor of Social Science Methods and Techniques) (Professor of Social Science Methods and Techniques)

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    Irmtraud N. Gallhofer (Managing Director) (Managing Director)

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Luijkx, R. (1988). Loglinear Modelling with Latent Variables: the Case of Mobility Tables. In: Saris, W.E., Gallhofer, I.N. (eds) Sociometric Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19054-6_7

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