A brief historical view of the importance of levels/units of analysis
Multilevel (contextual and intergenerational) conditions that influence population patterns of health
Major types of multilevel data structures
Key statistical models (with examples) to understanding contextual and intergenerational influences
This website is a result of a project funded under the Health theme of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community, Grant Agreement number 282605. Project: INDEPTH Training and Research Centres of Excellence (INTREC). The work was carried by a Consortium team of five university-based centres in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia and USA and by one research network of demographic surveillance sites in LMICs with headquarters in Ghana (INDEPTH).