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Re: How to Weight Data in R [message #12663 is a reply to message #770]

Wed, 28 June 2017 17:54

dhswes
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Registered: June 2017

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Hello:

I am trying to calculate the % of urban households that use a flush toilet connected to a sewer. I am using the Survey package in R. Here is some sample code using the 2015 DHS for Zimbabwe:

zimsurvey <- svydesign(id = zim$hv001, strata=zim$hv023, weights = zim$hv005/1000000, data=zim)

svyby(~hv205, ~hv025, zimsurvey, svymean)

This gives me (partial results):

hv025 hv205 flush to piped sewer system
urban urban 0.75060493
rural rural 0.01380543

This proportion is much higher than what is reported in the DHS stat compiler (35.6%). I must be using the sampling weights incorrectly. Any insight?

Thanks,

Michael

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		How to Weight Data in R By: Jewel on Thu, 21 March 2013 16:17
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		Re: How to Weight Data in R By: dhswes on Wed, 28 June 2017 17:54
		Re: How to Weight Data in R By: Trevor-DHS on Tue, 11 July 2017 18:52
		Re: How to Weight Data in R By: dhswes on Wed, 20 September 2017 18:51
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		Re: How to Weight Data in R By: Trevor-DHS on Sun, 16 December 2018 13:43
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		Re: How to Weight Data in R By: jordan on Tue, 19 March 2019 10:20
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