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British Journal of Social Work 2004 34(6):907-914; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch108
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British Journal of Social Work 34/6 © BASW Trading Ltd 2004 all rights reserved

Research Note

Survival Analysis in Social Work Research

Richard Pugh and Peter Jones

Richard Pugh is a Reader in Social Work at Keele University.

Peter Jones is Professor of Mathematics at Keele University.

Correspondence to Dr Richard Pugh, School of Social Relations, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. E-mail: spa08{at}keele.ac.uk

Summary

Survival analysis is a method of analysing any data set that consists of time to event where the data set is not temporally completed. That is, where not all of the initial events have been succeeded by the end events. Its major advantage is that it allows the researcher to model the data using the whole set. Although widely used in other disciplines, with a few exceptions, it has received relatively little attention in social work. This paper provides a review of the method and illustrates its application in a study of child protection practice.

Keywords: survival analysis, child protection registers


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