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Re: What becomes of DHS weights after region harmonization by IPUMS-DHS [message #18662 is a reply to message #18059]

Wed, 22 January 2020 14:32

boyle014
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Registered: December 2015
Location: Minneapolis

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Thank you for the question. The weights are not affected by the regional harmonization. This because IPUMS DHS never splits a region to accomplish harmonization; we only merge regions. Within any merged region, the weights assigned to individuals are still valid.

Professor Elizabeth Boyle
Sociology & Law, University of Minnesota, USA
Principal Investigator, IPUMS-DHS

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