st: Small Area Estimation

["Julio Estevez" <je_123@hotmail.com>]

Dear All

I would like to enquire about the existence of ado or code to perform small 
area estimation in stata. I understand that small area estimation can be 
generated using GLLAMM (nested error random effect model with small area 
effects)  Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling can also be used to introduce 
complex models using MCMC methods.  However I do not know if this has been 
tried in stata.

For those of you unfamiliar with small area estimation:  this is an area of 
statistics which tackles the problem of providing reliable estimates (and 
proper estandard errors) of a target variable in a
set of small geographical areas using sample estimates and extrapolating 
them typically to census data.

Any help on this matter will be greatly apprecieted

Julio Estevez

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