> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Vallone [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 6:48 PM
> To: statalist
> Subject: st: svy commands...
>
>
> I'd like to employ a Taylor series estimation method and wondered
> whether I need to specify both the strata and the psu variables within
> the svy command set to estimate the variance correctly.
>
If your sample was both stratified and clustered then you need to
specify both strata and psus to get the right variances. Take a look at
the section on survey data in the User's manual for a discussion of
this.
Nick Winter
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