Hi, I am relatively new to data analysis and am looking to analyze the Food Security Supplement and the December core of the CPS over four years (05, 09, 13, 17) on the household level and am a bit confused on how to use and treat the weights in Stata. I have read the USDA’s technical documentation…

I will answer your questions one at a time in the reverse order in which you asked the question. First, the Food Security Supplement includes two separate household level sampling weights. The first, FSHWTSCALE should be used when analyzing food security scale questions, such as FSRAWSCR , FSRASCH , …

Food Security Supplement Weights

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