Re: st: GEE or svy:logit

[Steven Samuels <sjhsamuels@earthlink.net>]

Brenda,  Please give some detail about the survey design: 1. What was  
the target population; 2. How did you select the sample-please give  
all steps.

Steven
On Feb 2, 2008, at 12:49 PM, b.coleman@utoronto.ca wrote:


> Greetings from a new Statalister.
> I am in need of advice, including references, if you have any.
>
> We have done a household-level cross-sectional survey including all  
> consenting adults within the household (1 to 4 per cluster). There  
> are both household-level and personal-level variables.
> The dependent variable is nominal at the personal level (ill/not ill).
> The focal independent variable is nomial and at the household level  
> (water contaminated/not).
> Other variables of interest (explanatory, in relation to focal  
> independent variable) are at the personal and household level.
>
> My question is this...do I need to use GEE to adequately account  
> for clustering within households OR would the svy:logit in Stata do  
> this? (The ICC for illness & household is 0.08, SE 0.08)
>
> Regards,
> Brenda Coleman, PhD candidate
>
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