BMC Public Health

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The validity of the SF-36 in an Australian National Household Survey: demonstrating the applicability of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to examination of health inequalities

Peter Butterworth1* and Timothy Crosier1,2

Author Affiliations

1 Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, ACT 0200 Australia

2 Strategic Policy and Knowledge Branch, Department of Family and Community Services, Canberra, Australia

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BMC Public Health 2004, 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-44

Published: 7 October 2004

Additional files

Additional File 1:

Additional file SF36 HILDA validation.pdf – provides tables and figures used to determine item-discriminant validity and to explore the pattern of missing data across SF-36 items.

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