cohort — cohort, cohort analysis The term cohort originally referred to a Roman military unit, but it is now used to identify any group of people with a time specific common experience, such as graduating from school in the same year, or cohorts defined… … Dictionary of sociology
cohort analysis — cohort, cohort analysis The term cohort originally referred to a Roman military unit, but it is now used to identify any group of people with a time specific common experience, such as graduating from school in the same year, or cohorts defined… … Dictionary of sociology
cohort — [kō′hôrt΄] n. [ME < L cohors, enclosure, enclosed company, hence, retinue, crowd < co ,CO + IE * ĝhṛtis, a gathering < base * ĝher , to grasp, enclose > YARD2] 1. an ancient Roman military unit of 300 600 men, constituting one tenth… … English World dictionary
Cohort study — For other senses of this word, see cohort (disambiguation). A cohort study or panel study is a form of longitudinal study (a type of observational study) used in medicine, social science, actuarial science, and ecology. It is an analysis of risk… … Wikipedia
Millennium Cohort Study (United States) — The Millennium Cohort Study is an ongoing longitudinal cohort study designed to evaluate any long term health effects of military service, including deployments.[1] It is the largest population based prospective health project in US military… … Wikipedia
Millennium Cohort Study — Not to be confused with Millennium Cohort Study (United States). The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is a longitudinal survey conducted by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) at the University of London, following the lives of a sample of… … Wikipedia
Millennium Cohort Family Study — The Millennium Cohort Family Study is a sub study of the Millennium Cohort Study (United States) a US Department of Defense sponsored project being conducted to evaluate the long term effects of military service members and their families[1][2].… … Wikipedia
National Survey of Health & Development — The MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing established in 2008 is the new home of the National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD). The National Survey of Health Development is a Medical Research Council (MRC) longitudinal survey of people… … Wikipedia
Demographics of the United States — As of today s date, the United States has a total resident population of 312,615,000, making it the third most populous country in the world. It is a very urbanized population, with 82% residing in cities and suburbs as of 2008 (the worldwide… … Wikipedia
Demographics — Racial demographic map of Houston, Texas, from the 2000 US census Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology (and especially in the subfield of demography),… … Wikipedia
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