Question
A faculty member here wants data from both SLID and SHS by income decile (not quintile, as has already been provided for us in SHS 2003). I know that I can use SPSS to generate the deciles, using
FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=variable
/NTILES= 10
/ORDER= ANALYSIS.
and then, by using these figures to derive another variable, do crosstabs by income decile. What I'm not sure about is whether I
should calculate the deciles to create the derived variable before or after applying the weight variable. Could someone out
there give me some advice?
Answer
If you want the decile variable to indicate membership in the weighted sample, keep the weight variable on when calculating the deciles using the Frequencies command. To satisfy your curiosity, run the Frequencies command with the weight variable on and then off and compare the differences between the deciles of these two runs. You should see differences between the values of the deciles as a result of the sampling design.
When recoding income into deciles, the weight variable will not be invoked and can be either on or off.
This is a great tip particularly to those fresh to the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteBrief but very accurate information… Appreciate your sharing this one.
A must read post!
What i do not understood is actually how you are no longer actually a lot more well-appreciated
ReplyDeletethan you may be now. You are so intelligent. You recognize thus considerably
with regards to this topic, made me in my opinion consider it from numerous numerous
angles. Its like men and women are not involved unless it's one thing to accomplish with Lady gaga! Your own stuffs outstanding. At all times maintain it up!
my webpage: ski Vacation
Good day! This post couldn't be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept chatting about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt is really a great and helpful piece of info.
ReplyDeleteI am satisfied that you shared this helpful information with us.
Please keep us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.
How should we get permission from the owner of
ReplyDeletethis web page to publish this content on our web-site also?
my blog post ... tax accountant Toronto
Hello! Do you know if they make any plugins to assist with Search Engine Optimization? I'm trying to get my blog to
ReplyDeleterank for some targeted keywords but I'm not seeing very good gains.
If you know of any please share. Cheers!
Feel free to surf to my weblog weight loss nutrition plan