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5.13 Survival analysis

In medical research, survival analysis is often used to analyze the probability of survival or death over time. It does not necessarily have to be death in a strict sense, but also other conditions such as illness, etc. In social research, it is more common to focus on conditions such as "unemployed", "disabled", etc. Therefore, survival analysis can be used to estimate probabilities of becoming unemployed, disabled, or something else over time.