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Zero longitudinal weights
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I want to know the reason behind longitudinal weights equal to zero for some individuals. Thank you.
Updated by Stephanie Auty over 6 years ago
- Category set to Weights
- Status changed from New to In Progress
- Assignee set to Olena Kaminska
- Target version set to X M
- % Done changed from 0 to 10
- Private changed from Yes to No
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding Society User Support Officer
Updated by Stephanie Auty over 6 years ago
- % Done changed from 10 to 40
Dear Alejandra,
Our Weighting team are currently on annual leave so I will provide a brief answer and they can add to it if necessary when they return.
The longitudinal weights are based on the corresponding previous longitudinal weight, so if someone did not respond in one wave then their weight will be zero. This is discussed in section 3.9.3.2 of the Mainstage User Guide, available here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guide, and in the Weighting Stragety, available here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/publications/514008
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding Society User Support Officer
Updated by Alita Nandi over 6 years ago
- Assignee changed from Olena Kaminska to Alejandra Villasenor
Longitudinal weights for any wave are non-zero for OSMs (core sample members) who have been continuously interviewed up until and including that wave. It is ZERO for all TSMs and PSMs (those who joined the survey after Wave 1 and not part of the core sample).
Updated by Alita Nandi over 6 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
- % Done changed from 40 to 80
Updated by Stephanie Auty about 6 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
- % Done changed from 80 to 100
Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team almost 4 years ago
- Assignee deleted (
Alejandra Villasenor)