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Re: Multilevel Weights [message #13522 is a reply to message #13482]

Mon, 13 November 2017 17:12

dflood011
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Thank you to Tom for his incredibly helpful comments about the challenges in constructing multilevel models with DHS data, on this thread and others.

If I may ask a follow-up question to Tom:

I am interested in building a model to explore the association between maternal contraception and child stunting in a single-country DHS dataset. I originally thought about constructing a mixed model using cluster, household, and individual levels, but given Tom's comments about the unavailability of disaggregated household + cluster weights, I am thinking it would be better to carry out a classic regression in Stata using the examples set forth in Heeringa's text, "Applied Survey Data Analysis."

Yet I'm still drawn to the elegance of a hierarchical model, and when I search PubMed, I find numerous examples of papers in high-quality journals using mixed models for DHS data -- often asserting PSU weight-adjustment. (See examples below.) How is this possible? Are these analysts making errors?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291969/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.12463/full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26378858
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal. pone.0037905

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		Multilevel Weights By: swinter on Tue, 11 August 2015 13:16
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Tue, 18 August 2015 12:28
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: mmr-UMICH on Tue, 26 January 2016 23:05
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Wed, 27 January 2016 12:39
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: ttuti on Thu, 16 June 2016 05:35
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Wed, 29 June 2016 11:15
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: e_lee on Fri, 23 September 2016 14:16
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Mon, 26 September 2016 11:37
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: soumava on Fri, 12 May 2017 16:01
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Wed, 28 June 2017 16:55
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: ab803 on Fri, 13 October 2017 11:18
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Wed, 08 November 2017 14:52
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: dflood011 on Mon, 13 November 2017 17:12
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Wed, 04 April 2018 15:50
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Hassen on Mon, 30 April 2018 14:53
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Tue, 01 May 2018 23:28
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Hassen on Wed, 02 May 2018 03:14
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: dflood011 on Fri, 29 June 2018 16:26
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Tue, 03 July 2018 23:04
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: teketo on Thu, 04 October 2018 06:35
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: aheto on Sat, 04 April 2020 12:00
		Re: Multilevel Weights By: Liz-DHS on Fri, 17 April 2020 09:17

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