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Re: weighting to obtain subnational summary estimates [message #6964 is a reply to message #6939] Fri, 07 August 2015 05:23 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Thank you for the fast reply. I may need to rethink my analysis strategy, which is why I have some follow-up questions:

1. Would it be more appropriate to use the whole dataset of the individual IR/MR records to establish district-level summary estimates of religion and ethnicity (and not restrict it to the heads of the households)? The percentage point estimates are probably very similar but the standard errors will probably be lower with the whole data? I assume the weights applied for the svyset will then be the indiviual weights.

2. For the district-level summary estimates of household-level variables such as hv207 (has radio) or hv270 (wealth index), do I have to restrict the dataset to 1 observation per household and use the household weights? Or can I keep the whole dataset with all records of all household members and apply the individual weights, because they already take account of the household cluster?

Thank you very much.

Best regards
Fabienne

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