Hello Prof. Wagner,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I might also consider working with odds ratio.
Sincerely,
Sena
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Sena,
What about using svy logistic and presenting odds ratios? In my
field (health), most people use odds ratios and find them easy to
discuss with dummy covariates.
Todd
At 02:48 PM 5/15/2008, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I am using 2003 Survey of Small Business Finances data. This is a
>survey data with multiply imputed dataset for 5 imputations,
>stratums and weights. Furthermore, I am using Stata 9 version. Below
>is my question:
>
>I am running a survey logit and survey probit estimation for this
>multiply imputed survey data. However, for the overall estimation
>for the multiple imputation, I cannot get the marginal effects
>estimation. I can only get this for the 5 imputations separately in
>Stata. However, there is no way I can get the marginal effects for
>the overall estimation. I even looked at this in SAS. For instance,
>SAS doesn't give me at all any marginal effects, even for the
>separate implicates (I used the proc surveylogit and proc
>surveyprobit commands for each separate implicate and then combined
>these results through mianalyze command in SAS for the overall estimation).
>
>However, I was able to get the marginal effects for separate
>implicates in Stata (I first used svyset command, then miset and
>then mim commands for the overall estimation. I even tried using
>mifit command rather than mim command. However, I couldn't find any
>postestimation command for marginal effects).
>
>Do you know whether in literature, marginal effects have been
>calculated for the overall estimation for a multiply imputed
>dataset? If yes, can you pls lead me about how to do the marginal
>effects estimation for the overall estimation for my survey data
>with multiple imputation either in SAS or STATA? I will really
>appreciate any type of help I can get.
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>Sena
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