Re: Pooling male and female files [message #13172 is a reply to message #13158] |
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schoumaker
Messages: 65 Registered: May 2013 Location: Belgium
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Hello,
The sampling rate is usually smaller among men (e.g. one out of 2 eligible men).
The weights are computed to adjust for differences in sampling rate within a sample (e.g. men) -> their sum is equal to the sample size.
What I would do:
- If the sampling rate of men is half the sampling rate of women, you divide each man's weight (mv005) by 2.
- you then divide each weight by the average weight (in the full sample) to normalize them (not necessary in Stata, but necessary in other software packages).
Best,
Bruno
Bruno Schoumaker
Centre for Demographic Research
Université catholique de Louvain
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