There are two ways, depending on what your goal is:
1. You can weight each observation so that the sample times the weight
equals the population size. This will make the "population size" output
correct.
2. If your intention is to do finite population correction, then you can
create a new variable equal to the stratum-specific sample divided by the
stratum-specific population and then assign this as your fpc()
parameter(alternatively, I think the FPC variable can be just the
stratum-specific population size - check the manual).
Lee
Lee Sieswerda, Epidemiologist
Thunder Bay District Health Unit
999 Balmoral Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Canada P7B 6E7
Tel: +1 (807) 625-5957
Fax: +1 (807) 623-2369
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:10 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Population size in survey data
>
> Dear Statalist
>
> I'm new to stata and am working with survey data. Can anyone tell me,
> how I can tell stata the population size from which my sample is drawn
> ? I couldn't find it in the svy... commands and all examples show
> population size = ... , but it is never written as an input in a command.
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel
>
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