Re: st: Why can't I egen means with pweights?

[n j cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

Laura Schechter wrote

> This is a response to Nick Cox's advice. The code you suggested actually
> doesn't work because su doesn't allow for pweights either!
Shucks. I should have remembered the First Law of -svy- and Statalist:
Even when the answer to a -svy- question appears obvious, you will 
probably be wrong.

 svymean varname [pweight=x], by(month)
 matrix e=e(est)
 generate ET= .
 qui forval i = 1/12 {
 	replace ET=el(e,1,`i') if month==`i'
 }

Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

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