Re: st: How to weight datasets?

[Steven Samuels <sjhsamuels@earthlink.net>]

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-Steve
On Aug 30, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Steven Samuels wrote:

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> Hagen:  Please be more specific. In what ways do you want the data  
> sets to resemble the population--for example:  to match the  
> distributions of age, gender, ethnicity?  How big are the  data  
> sets. Are they themselves probability samples with their own  
> selection weights? Are they samples of the "population" you wish  
> them to resemble? Most important: What is the purpose of the  
> analyses you hope to do?  Perhaps weighting is not the best solution.
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> The program -survwgt-  available on SSC will weight samples on  
> multiple dimensions. The -poststrata()- and postweight()- options  
> are useful for creating weights to balance on single factors (e.g.  
> age or age-gender combinations). The document http:// 
> www.abtassociates.com/presentations/raking_survey_data_2_JOS.pdf   
> is essential reading.
>
> In the following message I advised someone how to set up  
> "marginals" for use with -survwgt-: http://www.stata.com/statalist/ 
> archive/2007-02/msg00384.html   Perhaps it will start you on your way.
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> -Steve
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> On Aug 30, 2008, at 9:24 AM, Hagen von Hermanni wrote:
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> > I have four separate datasets that I would like to weight in order  
> > to fit them on a specific population. I know that Stata has  
> > commands like pweight or aweight, but how exactly do I use them to  
> > create a weighted dataset?
> > Maybe someone has a do-file to show me or simply write me the  
> > needed commands. The Stata- help is no good for me, since I`m not  
> > able to use it correctly.
> >
> > HELP
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> > Hagen
> >
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