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Re: Pooled data analysis from 25 countries [message #16618 is a reply to message #16617]

Wed, 06 February 2019 14:19

Mayank_Ag
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Registered: May 2018
Location: Hyderabad

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Thanks a lot for the quick replies!!

I have some follow up questions. Sorry for the trouble but this is my first time with pooled data analysis.

1. My analysis has countries with widely varying no. of observations. For Ex:- Indian DHS 4 has around 200000 valid observations while some African country might only have around a few thousand observations. Is the weight perweight adjusted/applicable for such analysis? I read on some post in this forum that combining bigger surveys with smaller ones might give biased coefficients.

2. Regarding the clustering I got 2 different recommendations. As you can see Tom and Mahmoud suggested using a fixed effects model by adding a "i.survey" variable to my regression specification. On the other hand you have suggested a multilevel model. Can you please elaborate which model will be more suited for this analysis and how do i decide which one to use. I am sorry but i have never used multilevel models earlier.

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		Pooled data analysis from 25 countries By: Mayank_Ag on Mon, 04 February 2019 07:10
		Re: Pooled data analysis from 25 countries By: Bridgette-DHS on Wed, 06 February 2019 10:50
		Re: Pooled data analysis from 25 countries By: boyle014 on Wed, 06 February 2019 12:51
		Re: Pooled data analysis from 25 countries By: Mayank_Ag on Wed, 06 February 2019 14:19
		Re: Pooled data analysis from 25 countries By: boyle014 on Wed, 27 February 2019 09:06

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