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Re: Stata weights vs CSPro weights [message #17923 is a reply to message #17895]

Thu, 18 July 2019 08:48

Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:

There is not really an issue here. When you use d005 in Stata as a pweight, you should get exactly the same results that CSPro gets. The difference you describe has to do with whether the weight has been normalized in such a way that the weighted total equals the unweighted total. Stata always normalizes the weights (with pweight), without you asking it to. I encourage you to check this by using Stata with d005 to match something in the DV chapter in the main report. Let us know if you have trouble getting a match.

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