Understanding Society User Support

11/23/2020

12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1448: Selecting longitudinal weights for youth starting at wave 1

Dear George,
Thank you for your question. We do not provide longitudinal youth weights as one quickly runs out of ... Olena Kaminska

10/14/2020

11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Abigail,
The data for indin01_lw starts with 2001, and the data for indin91_lw starts in 1991. While the variabl... Olena Kaminska

09/30/2020

02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1418: Weight variable for appending all waves of USOC

Arpita,
Thank you for your question. 'ui' weight is better in two ways: it has higher sample size (so higher stati... Olena Kaminska

09/25/2020

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Abigail,
Just to add, if you are concerned about the differences in the populations, then you can use full samples... Olena Kaminska

09/24/2020

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416: components of weight variables

Filip,
We do not calibrate to housing tenure. Housing tenure is used in the correction for attrition. So the infor... Olena Kaminska

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416: components of weight variables

Dear Filip,
Thank you for your question. I can confirm that housing tenure goes into weighting models.
Unfortuna... Olena Kaminska

09/23/2020

11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1414: Weighting dual pay only

Antonia,
Yes, you can and should apply survey design adjustment for a subset just a you would for the whole popula... Olena Kaminska

09/18/2020

10:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1412: Weights_poverty line (BHPS)

Lydia,
I am answering here your question regarding weights. The weight you use will depend on the level of analysi... Olena Kaminska

08/17/2020

11:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1347: weighting

Laura,
Thank you. I understand that you study 0-15 year olds and give them some attributes from their parents. We ... Olena Kaminska

08/05/2020

04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1393: Longitudinal or cross-sectional weighting with change scores?

Colin,
Alita's previous suggestion on the weight is correct. I see your point that you would want to include more ... Olena Kaminska