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Variable for weighting [message #14389]

Mon, 02 April 2018 08:41

ICEH
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Registered: May 2017

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Hi all,

I would appreciate some clarification about the strata used for weighting in the surveys. As far as I understand, we are supposed to use in most of the cases the domains stratified by urban/rural. This seems to be represented by the variable v023. Although, the variable v022 seems to the most appropriate in this method as it is named "Sample strata for sampling errors". In several cases, v022 and v023 are similar. But in many cases the variable v022 seems to have too many stratas, going over 100, even 200.
Given such scenario, I have the following questions:

- What is the appropriate variable for weighting (svyset v021 [pw=v005], strata(?))
- If it is v022, why does some surveys have so many strata levels, such as Rwanda 2010, Albania 2008, Phillipines 2008?

I hope I was able to make myself clear and I apologize if I have a misunderstanding of the situation.

Thanks in advance,

ICEH

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		Variable for weighting By: ICEH on Mon, 02 April 2018 08:41
		Re: Variable for weighting By: Bridgette-DHS on Mon, 02 April 2018 09:39
		Re: Variable for weighting By: ICEH on Mon, 02 April 2018 09:45

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