A nurse researcher wishes to identify rates of pertussis infection in children less than one year of age and then again at 6 years of age to examine the relationship of immunization status on infection rates in this population.This is an example of which type of study design?

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This study design is correlational and longitudinal because it examines the relationship between immunization status and infection rates over time, following the same group of children at different ages.

A Nurse Researcher Wishes to Identify Rates of Pertussis Infection