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Re: How do I account for clustering within families? [message #1968 is a reply to message #1951] Fri, 11 April 2014 14:15 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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It depends on what "family" is. You can cluster around caseid or hhid (concatenate v001 and v002). If you specify caseid as the cluster, I'm not sure how children in the household that are not the biological children of the woman will be counted. Using hhid would ensure that all children in the household are clustered in that household. I'm trying to think of certain contexts where one would be more appropriate than the other. I guess it all depends on your question. For example, if there is a large number of children who were orphaned who now live with their relatives, it's probably best to use HHID. If it's a largely polygynous society, then maybe caseid would be more appropriate.

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