Hello everyone,
I have some basic questions about Count Data Models.
I am trying to estimate the total number of children a woman gives birth to
dependend on some explanatory variables, like f.e. education_high,
education_low and age.
F.E. Amount of Children= f(educ_high, educ_low, age)
I want to use a Count Data Model, since Poisson distribution seems to be the
proper assumption for it.
Problem: I don�t have any idea how to implement it into stata. Does stata
have such functions? And what are the commands for them?
Another problem: Someone told me that "dispersion" or "under-dispersion"
might be a problem with a Count Data Model. I did some research but couldn�t
find anyhting about that. Does anyone of you know whether this is true? And if
so, can you give me a hint or literature suggestion, what "under-dispersion"
is and how I could face it in my problem?
Thanks a lot,
Markus.
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