| Re: Setting up pooled DHS data as panel [message #2535 is a reply to message #2530] |
Tue, 08 July 2014 19:56   |
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Correct - you do not need to adjust the weights or the strata, just use the "if" command.
But - one obvious way to check this is to run some estimate on just \one survey round, then run it again on the pooled dataset using the "if" command, and compare the point-estimates and standard errors. I think you should get exactly the same results - let me know if you try that, I'm curious. If you get different numbers, try using the "subpop" command on the pooled dataset (with the sub-population being the survey round) and see if that gets you back to the single-survey estimates.
I sort of hate the "svy" command, but that is because it is really hard for me to figure out exactly how it deals with things like clustering and stratification, and what exactly the "subpop" option is doing.
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