Oops,
I take back my comment on the pweights. Nick Winter's code only works if
there are no missing observations in the variable you are calculating the
weighted mean for. If there are, you must specifically command "if
varname~=.
Laura
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, n j cox wrote:
> Laura Schechter wrote:
>
> > I tried it out and Nick Winter's code works very well, and it seems as if
> > it is faster in my bootstrap than the whole svymean thing was.
>
> My question on pweights remains.
>
> > I don't
> > know anything about SSC though or how that compares.
>
> SSC is not code but one source of user-written code. It is documented in
> various places, including
>
> 1. There is an explanation in the Statalist FAQ, URL below.
>
> 2. There is another explanation in the findit FAQ, URL below.
>
> 3. In Stata 8 and updated Stata 7, -help ssc- tells you
> about an official Stata command -ssc- helping
> you to access SSC. This is documented in the Stata 8
> manuals at [R] ssc.
>
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