Re: st: can the total sampling weights be applied to subsample analysis

[jl591164@albany.edu]

Thanks. That is acturally what i did, useing survey set first, then svy,
subpop(). The subpop() option will use all cases in the calculation of
standard errors, but only the subsample in the calculation of the point
estimates. So, the total sampling weights will be used in the caculation
of standard errors of subsample. I have a follow up question. How the
total weights are applied to point estimates of the subsample by subpop()?


> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:32 AM,  <jl591164@albany.edu> wrote:
>> My data provides a sampling weight to each id. But my study is based on
>> a
>> subsample of the data becasue i selected cases by two variables: age and
>> type of placement. Can I still apply the whole sample weights to my
>> subsample descriptive analysis? Thanks a lot.
>
> You should use the compete sample with -svy, subpop()- option. See
> http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0153.
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