Re: st: Standard error of median using pweights

[Wassim Tarraf <tarrafwassim@gmail.com>]

Stas- I tried using your -epctile- package to calculate the median 
(please see below), but I keep getting error messages that I am unable 
to explain. Any guidance on this would be appreciated.
svyset psu [pw=saqpw], strata(strat)

*Median over x1 categories

epctile y, svy percentiles(50) subpop(if x2==1 & x3==1) over(x1)
unrecognized command:  FormXLevels
r(199);

*Median subpoping on x1 categories

epctile y, svy percentiles(50) subpop(if x2==1 & x3==1 & x1==1)

estimates post: matrix has missing values
r(504);

Thanks,
Wassim

On 5/2/2011 4:11 PM, Stas Kolenikov wrote:
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:29 AM, David Radwin<dradwin@mprinc.com>  wrote:
> > Dear Stata-listers,
> >
> > Is it possible to calculate the standard error of a median using pweights,
> > and if so, how? The dataset is a survey with a BRR design.
> >
> > This 2007 posting suggests it is possible but does not get into specifics:
> >
> > http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-03/msg00296.html
> I have a package that does this.
>
> net from http://web.missouri.edu/~kolenikovs/stata
> net d epctile
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