Understanding Society User Support

Linda,

Yes, the weight for the situation C is correct.
For the situations A and B we do not have tailored weights to your specific situation. My suggestion is to use the following suboptimal weights:
- Situation A: f_psnenub_lw
- Situation B: f_indscub_lw

Hope this helps,
Olena

Dear Olena,

Thank you for your suggestions.
I have found the f_psnenub_lw weight in the f_indall file.
That's very helpful.

Best wishes,
Linda

Dear Olena/Understanding Support staff,

Hope you're all keeping well in these current times!
I have a few questions with regards to this project and weighting if you could be so kind to help.

Firstly, I have weighted as suggested but find that my sample has droped by around 200, is that right? I also get a warning note after my regression that '136 strata omitted because they contain no population members' - should I be concerned?

Secondly, if I'm limiting my sample to only those with records at wave 3 and wave 6 - is it still the longitudinal weight at wave 6 I use when carrying out baseline analyses (at wave 3), and not the cross-sectional weight?

Thirdly, am I right in thinking that the houshold clustering is accounted for via the non-response weighting, therefore I do not need to further account for this when applying complex survey design (where I am already accounting for PSUs within strata)?

Thank you in advance.
STay safe and well!

Linda