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Re: st:appropriate test
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Ronan Conroy <[email protected]>
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Re: st:appropriate test
Date
Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:59:40 +0100
On 6 DFómh 2010, at 07:42, Rajaram Subramanian Potty wrote:
I have data from two rounds of survey conducted in the same areas
(PSUs). But the individual are selected independently in both the
rounds from these areas using the same statistical approaches. What
would be the appropriate analysis that would be carried out to test
the difference in some of the indicators between the two periods. For,
example I want to test the difference in HIV prevalence between the
two rounds. Is it appropriate to use the survey command by considering
the PSUs are the same in both the rounds and setting the survey design
according to our study. After that fitting svy: logistic to examine
the difference in two rounds, is this correct way of testing the
difference between the two rounds. Kindly suggest.
My first reaction would be that the most important thing needed here
is a sample weighting scheme that allows you to extrapolate from the
sample to the underlying population.
Are the areas PSUs or strata? In other words, were the areas selected
at random or deliberately chosen? This affects your analysis.
If you have presumed age of infection, you could consider using an
event-time model approach, using age as the time variable. This would
allow you to look at the shape of the hazard function. Even if you
don't, the hazard curve will show the cumulative prevalence by age
(rather than the incidence) but may still be of interest.
Ronán Conroy
Associate Professor
Division of Population Health Sciences
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