Re: st: how-to calculate beta, standardized coefficients using svy regress?

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 09:43 AM 7/3/2007, Steven Samuels wrote:
> "findit spost9"  will find the -spost9- package.  It includes the - 
> listcoef- command, which will show betas standardized for X, for Y,
> and for both.
listcoef seems to get broken in Stata 10.  In Stata 9, this sequence 
works fine:

webuse nhanes2f
svy: reg weight age
listcoef

But in Stata 10, the same commands give this error:

Unknown function index()
r(133);

I'll email Scott Long about it.  I don't know if his programs need 
updating or if there is a bug (with version control?) in Stata 10.

A little more tedious, but I think you could also standardize yourself:

webuse nhanes2f
svy: reg weight age
center weight age [aw=finalwgt] if e(sample), standardize
svy: reg c_weight c_age

You need to install -center- first (available from ssc).  And, unless 
you have no missing data, you may have to do the centering each time 
for each regression.

The usual caveats about standardized coefficients being the work of 
the Devil continue to apply.  There may also be additional concerns 
about using them with svy.

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