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weighting [message #5531]

Wed, 03 June 2015 11:13

asifalokozai
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Registered: June 2015
Location: Afghanistan

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Dear Experts

In surveys when the subject or sample has been selected with replacement, so are the best method to weight such data. e.g EPI coverage survey.

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Asif

M.Asif Alokozai

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Re: weighting [message #5583 is a reply to message #5531]

Wed, 10 June 2015 12:19

Trevor-DHS
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Registered: January 2013

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We can't speak specifically for other surveys, but in general with most surveys you will need to use weights, even if the sample has been selected with replacement. Most surveys like DHS use two stage samples - selecting clusters at the first stage and selecting households within clusters at the second stage. The weights are used to adjust for the probability of selection of the clusters. The second stage of selecting households is where surveys other than DHS use replacement. You thus should use weights (in general - specific surveys may differ)

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