Rebecca,
the svy mean estimates are saved in e(b)
*********begin example*************
webuse highschool, clear
svyset county [pweight=sampwgt], strata(state) vce(linearized)
svy: mean weight, over(sex)
eret li
mat li e(b)
*********end example*************
Sorry but I didn´t understand the second part of your question.
HTH,
Joao Lima
2009/4/7 Kanter, Rebecca <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the svy mean command to calculate survey weighted state-specific mean estimates of different Mexican state characteristics, for example the percent of the population in a specific Mexican state that is indigenous
>
> Thus, I use the following command line: svy: mean indigena, over(state)
>
> And want to save these mean estimates (by state) as I would if I did an by state, sort: egen mean(indigena)--that was not accounting for the survey design; so my question is, how do I save the mean estimates by state from the above svy command line: svy: mean indigena, over(ent)?? And/or how do i save mean estimates for this that does take the svy pweight into account in the proper manner (if I can't do it with svy: mean)? [I want to then drop people from my dataset but want to have all the state estimates of characteristics saved as variables before doing so].
>
> Thanks,
> Rebecca
>
>
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> PhD Candidate
> Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
> Department of International Health
> Center for Human Nutrition
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