Hi, (using stata8, win2K). I have a household data set and would like to
explain the choice of coping strategies.
3 main strategies are used by households however, some households choose
more than one strategy. After looking at the data, I have 6 "strategies". 3
are pure (if a household pursues either 1, 2 or 3 exclusively) and 3 are
mixed strategies (combinations of the pure ones to give new strategies 4, 5
and 6). The data would look something like this
hhid strategy
1 2
2 3
3 1
4 5
5 4
6 1
7 6
I have been thinking of using a multinomial logit. My question is, is the
fact that strategy 2 is nested in 6 (which is a combination of 2 and 3) and
problem.
Put diffrently, is this methodologically sound
As always, looking forward to your comments and advice
Ronnie
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