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Number of obs and population size not the same [message #26782]

Mon, 01 May 2023 08:00

Johanne Elgaard
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Registered: April 2023

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I'm working with the 2014 Ghana DHS. I am trying to calculate frequencies and percentages after weighting the data. My problem is that my number of observations are 945, but when using both svyset and [iweight] I get a population size of 925 and a number of obs of 945 in the output. When calculating the sum of the weighted frequencies together, it also adds up to 925. Can anyone explain the difference between number of obs and population size to me?

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		Number of obs and population size not the same By: Johanne Elgaard on Mon, 01 May 2023 08:00
		Re: Number of obs and population size not the same By: Bridgette-DHS on Mon, 01 May 2023 08:44
		Re: Number of obs and population size not the same By: Johanne Elgaard on Mon, 01 May 2023 09:10
		Re: Number of obs and population size not the same By: Bridgette-DHS on Mon, 01 May 2023 12:45

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