Re: st: 3-Level nlogit

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

Maarten is correct in his related posting - now that you've
described the problem, I see that you mean something else by
nesting than I first thought.

It looks like -nlogit- will handle nesting of more than 2 levels,
but I've never used it so I'm not the one to ask. Good luck.

Jeph


Brendon Gerding wrote:
> Hi Jeph,
>
> Thanks for your reply, I read the documentation and it seems like
> that's what I'm needing. I'm fairly new to Stata though and this is
> the first project I am working on, would you mind giving a brief
> explanation as to how I would use the xtmelogit command? I've tried to
> figure it out but am not sure that what I'm doing is right...
>
> I need to regress employment status of individuals on various factors,
> and I suspect that there will be different factors working at
> different levels within the employment statuses. The breakdown of
> employment status is:
>
> Population: -> Not Economically Active
>                 -> Economically Active  -> Unemployed
>                                                    -> Employed
> And then employed may be split further into Formally Employed and
> Informally Employed.
>
> Please could you briefly explain how I could set up this regression
> using the xtmelogit. The first draft of my honors dissertation is due
> in two weeks, and I am desperately needing these results!
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Brendon Gerding
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Jeph Herrin<junk@spandrel.net> wrote:
> > Look at -xtmelogit- documentation.
> >
> > hth,
> > Jeph
> >
> >
> > Brendon Gerding wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am needing to perform a 3-level nested logistic regression. So far
> > > all the commands and examples I have seen only involve 2 levels.
> > > Please could anyone offer advice on how to set up the 3-level nlogit,
> > > or perhaps where I could look for examples of this kind of thing?
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Many Thanks,
> > > Brendon Gerding
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