Re: st: Weighted Tables

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

look at the -svytab- command

Rich

David Lublin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using a dataset (the European Social Survey) where it is important to 
> weight the data appropriately in order to get the correct results.  This 
> dataset includes a weight which is the "normed inverse of the inclusion 
> probabilities" according to the codebook.  This weight is labelled 
> "dweight" (though it appears to be of the pweight type as STATA defines 
> weight types.)
>
> In using STATA,  when I type the following:
>
> . tab prtvtch lnghoma [pw=dweight]
> pweight not allowed
> r(101);
>
> pweight is not allowed.  By the way, the variables in this example are: 
> prtvtch (party voted for in Switzerland); and lnghoma (language spoken at 
> home).  Again, "dweight" is the variable name of the weight I would like 
> to use.
>
> Is there a way to get STATA to do the equivalent of the pweight command 
> for simple descriptive crosstabs so the results come out weighted 
> correctly?
>
> Many thanks for any help.
>
> Best,
> David
>
> David Lublin
> Associate Professor
> Department of Government
> School of Public Affairs
> American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
> Washington, D.C. 20016
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