Asymptotic theory for longitudinal data with missing responses adjusted by inverse probability weights (Q2322943)

This article proposes a new method for analyzing longitudinal data which contain responses that are missing at random. The method is based on replacing the incomplete responses by values adjusted using inverse probability weights. Conditions on the marginal distribution and the surrogate correlation and assumptions on the missingness probabilities are established that assure consistency and asymptotic normality. The method is applied to a real-life data set, which examines the incidence of respiratory disease in a sample of pre-schoolage Indonesian children, using as covariates age, gender and vitamin A deficiency.