title: logistic regression assumption of linearity of logit not met (SPSS)
body: <p>I'm currently writing my master's thesis (I'm using SPSS for statistical analyses). One of my calculations is a logistic regression. These are the variables:</p>
  
  <p>dependent variable: occupation (dichotomous, 1=yes, person has a job, 0= person is unemployed)
  independent variable 1: self-stigmatization (mean value of a questionnaire,between 1 and 4, continuous).</p>
  
  <p>Now my problem is that apparently there is no linear relationship between my independent variable and the log of my dependent variable (calculated using Box-Tidwell method). Obviously it's possible that there is no relationship between the two constructs in my data, but I've been asking myself, if there's another way to calculate a regression between these two variables if the assumptions for the logistic regression are not met? I just don't want to miss a valid (well, actually better fitting) option that I didn't know of yet...</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know a method or have any literature tips? Thanks for the help!</p>