Dear Adebola,
see this Steven�s message:
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-08/msg01377.html
Do you svyset your data again with the new stratum variable?
I think that you can use idonepsu to do this too...
help idonepsu
Hope this helps,
Joao Lima
2008/9/10 Adebola Odunlami <[email protected]>:
> Hi all,
>
> I am seeking help to a problem with trying to get appropriate numbers for my standard errors.
>
> So here's the problem. When I used weights to assess means of a variable, mpsyall6nodrm
> by race( I have 3 categories), I don't get any standard errors for my means. Instead I get a message, stating "missing
> standard errors for weighted sample because of stratum with single sampling unit." Someone told me to try to see which stratum has a single sampling unit in hopes of combining them. I found 5 single sampling units, combined them with ones preceding them but this still doesn't fix the problem when I check it again. What am I doing wrong and how can I fix this?
>
> Commands:
> svydes mpsyall6nodrm
> gen jhumka = clust
> recode jhumka (29 = 30) (31= 32) (46 = 47) (88 = 89) (91 = 90)
> svydes mpsyall6nodrm, finalstage
>
>
> Adebola Odunlami, MPH
> Doctoral Student
> Society, Human Development and Health
> Harvard School of Public Health
> 301 256 4655
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