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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Stat Assoc. 2006 Mar;101(473):51–64. doi: 10.1198/016214505000000970

Table 1.

Basic Principal Stratification P0 Based on the Potential Infection Outcomes (S(v), S(p)) With Potential Postinfection Strata Based on (Y(v), Y(p))

Potential infection strata
Potential postinfection strata
Basic
principal
stratum, SP0
Potential
infection
outcomes
(S(v), S(p))
Potential
postinfection
outcomes
(Y(v), Y(p))
Postinfection interpretation
Immune (0, 0) (*, *) Always undefined
Harmed (1, 0) (0, *) Not severe vaccine, undefined placebo
(1, *) Severe vaccine, undefined placebo
Protected (0, 1) (*, 0) Undefined vaccine, not severe placebo
(*, 1) Undefined vaccine, severe placebo
Doomed (1, 1) (0, 0) Never severe
(1, 0) Harmed by vaccine
(0, 1) Helped by vaccine
(1, 1) Always severe