| Generating new variables in dataset with weighting [message #4043] |
Fri, 20 March 2015 10:44  |
Lizzynaija
Messages: 12
Registered: February 2015
Location: United States
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Hello,
I have been working with the 2013 Nigeria DHS births recode dataset, using Stata for my analysis.
I have applied svyset to enable weighting in the analysis. After reading the Stata manual, I became confused as to how to generate new variables now that I have applied svyset command. In particular, I am not sure about when to apply the svy subpop command.
Can I still use the regular "generate" command to create new variables, and when and how should I apply the "svy subpop" command?
Thank you very much,
Lizzynaija
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| Re: Generating new variables in dataset with weighting [message #4119 is a reply to message #4043] |
Thu, 02 April 2015 08:17  |
Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:
If you redefine any of the variables that are used in an svyset command, after specifying svyset, I would recommend that you re-set svyset, even if the command would be exactly the same. However, I don't know for sure that it's necessary. You could easily check by doing two runs, one with a repeat of svyset and one without, to see whether the results are affected. In general, I prefer to put svyset after any recoding and as close to the estimation commands as possible, just to make it easier to read what the model is.
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