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st: Margins after mlogit with survey data


From   "Joao Ricardo F. Lima" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: Margins after mlogit with survey data
Date   Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:05:12 -0300

Dear Statalisters,

I'm using Stata 11.1. I'm trying to use (understand better) the factor
variables and -margins- to estimate the -mlogit- with survey data. The
problem is like this:

*********************begin example**********************
webuse nhanes2f
svyset psuid [pweight=finalwgt], strata(stratid)
svy: mlogit  region sex race c.age##c.age sizplace
margins, dydx(*) predict(outcome(1)) atmeans
**************************end***************************

Here is the output after - margins-

. margins, dydx(*) predict(outcome(1)) atmeans

Conditional marginal effects                      Number of obs   =      10337
Model VCE    : Linearized

Expression   : Pr(region==NE), predict(outcome(1))
dy/dx w.r.t. : sex race age sizplace
at           : sex             =    1.520421 (mean)
               race            =    1.146352 (mean)
               age             =    42.23732 (mean)
               sizplace        =    4.808137 (mean)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             |            Delta-method
             |      dy/dx   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
         sex |  (not estimable)
        race |  (not estimable)
         age |  (not estimable)
    sizplace |  (not estimable)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Well, first of all I thought that the problem would be with the factor
variables. After some tests I think that I'm doing something wrong
related to the -margins- sintax with survey data.
In the manual I saw that must use vce(unconditional) and with this it
really runs:

. qui svy: mlogit region sex race c.age##c.age sizplace

. margins, vce(unconditional) dydx(*) predict(outcome(1)) atmeans

Conditional marginal effects                    Number of obs      =     10337

Expression   : Pr(region==NE), predict(outcome(1))
dy/dx w.r.t. : sex race age sizplace
at           : sex             =    1.520421 (mean)
               race            =    1.146352 (mean)
               age             =    42.23732 (mean)
               sizplace        =    4.808137 (mean)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             |             Linearized
             |      dy/dx   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
         sex |  -.0109646   .0071698    -1.53   0.136    -.0255874    .0036582
        race |   -.166159   .0441513    -3.76   0.001    -.2562062   -.0761118
         age |   .0006825    .000436     1.57   0.128    -.0002068    .0015718
    sizplace |  -.0191915   .0084362    -2.27   0.030    -.0363973   -.0019857
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.
end of do-file

However, with my data I still have the problem:

. global vars "sit_ocup raca outro filha sit_cen conjuge filho_nasc esc numfam1"
. qui  svy: mlogit $vars c.exp##c.exp c.esc#c.exp, base(0)
. margins, vce(unconditional) dydx(*) predict(outcome(1)) atmeans

Conditional marginal effects                    Number of obs      =     11425

Expression   : Pr(sit_ocup==1), predict(outcome(1))
dy/dx w.r.t. : raca outro filha sit_cen conjuge filho_nasc esc numfam1 exp
at           : raca            =     .286326 (mean)
               outro           =    .0994388 (mean)
               filha           =    .5500114 (mean)
               sit_cen         =    .7415462 (mean)
               conjuge         =    .2493822 (mean)
               filho_nasc      =    .2983064 (mean)
               esc             =     9.21675 (mean)
               numfam1         =    4.074953 (mean)
               exp             =     3.36428 (mean)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             |             Linearized
             |      dy/dx   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
        raca |  (not estimable)
       outro |  (not estimable)
       filha |  (not estimable)
     sit_cen |  (not estimable)
     conjuge |  (not estimable)
  filho_nasc |  (not estimable)
         esc |  (not estimable)
     numfam1 |  (not estimable)
         exp |  (not estimable)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.
end of do-file

Thanks for who explain what I'm doing wrong.

Best Regards,

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Professor
UFPB-CCA-DCFS
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