Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking

The Living Standards Measurement Study -- Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project collects agricultural and livelihood data in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In order to maintain representativeness as much as possible over multiple rounds...

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Main Author: Himelein, Kristen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17374828/weight-calculations-panel-surveys-sub-sampling-split-off-tracking
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spelling okr-10986-131722021-04-23T14:03:07Z Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking Himelein, Kristen CALCULATION CALIBRATION DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP DWELLING ECONOMIC SURVEY ENUMERATION FIELD WORK GENDER HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS METHODOLOGY OUTLIERS PRECISION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY RELIABILITY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS SAMPLE DESIGN SAMPLE SIZE STANDARD ERRORS STATA STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TECHNIQUES UNITS OF ANALYSIS URBAN AREAS WEIGHTING The Living Standards Measurement Study -- Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project collects agricultural and livelihood data in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In order to maintain representativeness as much as possible over multiple rounds of data collection, a sub-sample of households are selected to have members that have left the household tracked and interviewed in their new location with their new household members. Since the sub-sampling occurs at the level of the household but tracking occurs at the level of the individual, a number of issues arise with the correct calculation for the sub-sampling and attrition corrections. This paper is based on the panel weight calculations for the initial rounds of the Integrated Surveys on Agriculture surveys in Uganda and Tanzania, and describes the methodology used for calculating the weight components related to sub-sampling, tracking, and attrition, as well as the criteria used for trimming and post-stratification. It also addresses complications resulting from members previously classified as having attrited from the sample returning in later rounds. 2013-04-11T20:39:56Z 2013-04-11T20:39:56Z 2013-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17374828/weight-calculations-panel-surveys-sub-sampling-split-off-tracking http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13172 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6373 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Tanzania Uganda
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topic CALCULATION
CALIBRATION
DATA COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
DWELLING
ECONOMIC SURVEY
ENUMERATION
FIELD WORK
GENDER
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS
HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL
HOUSEHOLDS
METHODOLOGY
OUTLIERS
PRECISION
PROBABILITIES
PROBABILITY
RELIABILITY
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
SAMPLE DESIGN
SAMPLE SIZE
STANDARD ERRORS
STATA
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
TECHNIQUES
UNITS OF ANALYSIS
URBAN AREAS
WEIGHTING
spellingShingle CALCULATION
CALIBRATION
DATA COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
DWELLING
ECONOMIC SURVEY
ENUMERATION
FIELD WORK
GENDER
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS
HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL
HOUSEHOLDS
METHODOLOGY
OUTLIERS
PRECISION
PROBABILITIES
PROBABILITY
RELIABILITY
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
SAMPLE DESIGN
SAMPLE SIZE
STANDARD ERRORS
STATA
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
TECHNIQUES
UNITS OF ANALYSIS
URBAN AREAS
WEIGHTING
Himelein, Kristen
Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking
geographic_facet Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6373
description The Living Standards Measurement Study -- Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project collects agricultural and livelihood data in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In order to maintain representativeness as much as possible over multiple rounds of data collection, a sub-sample of households are selected to have members that have left the household tracked and interviewed in their new location with their new household members. Since the sub-sampling occurs at the level of the household but tracking occurs at the level of the individual, a number of issues arise with the correct calculation for the sub-sampling and attrition corrections. This paper is based on the panel weight calculations for the initial rounds of the Integrated Surveys on Agriculture surveys in Uganda and Tanzania, and describes the methodology used for calculating the weight components related to sub-sampling, tracking, and attrition, as well as the criteria used for trimming and post-stratification. It also addresses complications resulting from members previously classified as having attrited from the sample returning in later rounds.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Himelein, Kristen
author_facet Himelein, Kristen
author_sort Himelein, Kristen
title Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking
title_short Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking
title_full Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking
title_fullStr Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking
title_full_unstemmed Weight Calculations for Panel Surveys with Sub-sampling and Split-off Tracking
title_sort weight calculations for panel surveys with sub-sampling and split-off tracking
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17374828/weight-calculations-panel-surveys-sub-sampling-split-off-tracking
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13172
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