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Weights in country-year level regressions [message #16169 is a reply to message #12283]

Fri, 16 November 2018 13:07

amil
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Dear Tom,

I have a related question but I am not sure your answer below applies to my case.

In brief, I am using all DHSs and created a country-year dataset (1 observation for each survey, for a total of 185 observations). It seems to me that, when running regressions, one should use weights that reflect the size of each country. For example India should weigh more in the regression than smaller countries, say Maldives.

What is the correct way to do regression analysis in this case?

I am thinking to run:

reg y x1 x2 [aweight=n]

analytic weights because I am using means calculated from each surveys (all these means have been calculated using DHS-provided sampling weights). n is the number of observations in the survey (or perhaps one should use population instead).

Your help is as always greatly appreciated!
thanks

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		Pooled weights By: denisshek on Thu, 20 April 2017 09:15
		Re: Pooled weights By: Bridgette-DHS on Fri, 21 April 2017 07:42
		Re: Pooled weights By: denisshek on Fri, 21 April 2017 14:42
		Weights in country-year level regressions By: amil on Fri, 16 November 2018 13:07
		Re: Weights in country-year level regressions By: Bridgette-DHS on Mon, 19 November 2018 09:15
		Re: Weights in country-year level regressions By: amil on Mon, 19 November 2018 11:58
		Re: Weights in country-year level regressions By: Bridgette-DHS on Mon, 19 November 2018 13:39

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