Hi,
You have to divide the DHS sample weight by 1000000
[1]; and strata in DHS is v022
You can try this
gen stratid = v022
gen psu = v021
gen weight = v005/1000000
then specify the svyset like this
svyset psu [pw=weight], strata(stratid)
Reference
1. ORC Macro. Sample Weights. Available
(http://www.measuredhs.com/help/Datasets/sampling_weights.htm)
--- alazar aklilu <[email protected]> wrote:
> i had a problem with estimating logit after setting
> the survey characteristics using the DHS data. after
> using the svyset command as:
> svyset v021 [pweight=v005], strata(v102)
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> where v005 sample weight
> v021 primary sampling unit
> v102 type of place of residen
> when i estimate using svy: logit y x1 x2 x3.......
> i get the error message <istmt>: 3499 _robust2()
> not found Mata run-time error
> in red. can you help me with how to solve this?
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