Setting Probability Weight for Add Health Survey

[Ryan Smith]

Hello,

Utilizing Add Health data I have merged waves I and IV and I am trying to set the probability weight for the survey. I understand the proper command should be:

svyset CLUSTER2 [pweight=GSWGT4_2]

as this was the command used throughout my homework assignments. However, when I try to use this command I get the error:

GSWGT4_2 not found

Am I misunderstanding how to place the proper weight or maybe using the wrong weight? I appreciate the help.

[Marcos Almeida]

Welcome to the Stata Forum / Statalist,

Please read the FAQ. There you'll find advice about sharing data/output/command. This is the best approach to entice a helpful reply.

[William Lisowski]

In addition to the advice from Marcos, the error message you seem to have received tells you that your merged dataset does not contain a variable named GSWGT4_2, which you are specifying as the variable containing probability weights.

[Weiwen Ng]

In addition to the advice from Marcos, the error message you seem to have received tells you that your merged dataset does not contain a variable named GSWGT4_2, which you are specifying as the variable containing probability weights.

Ryan Smith Building off the two previous posts, why don't you show us the commands you used to merge the files. Use the code delimiters - my signature should show how (it's much easier to read stuff in code delimiters).

For other readers, Add Health is the nickname for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in the United States. I realize I may come across as tedious by doing this, but not all Statalist members are from the US, and not all will be familiar with any particular survey, so I like to state where datasets come from in case anyone tries to search.