# Should I use sample weights at county level?

**URL:** https://forum.ipums.org/t/should-i-use-sample-weights-at-county-level/680
**Category:** USA
**Created:** [October 16, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/should-i-use-sample-weights-at-county-level/680 "2014-10-16T22:50:00Z")
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### Author: ![fgreselin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fgreselin](https://forum.ipums.org/u/fgreselin)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/should-i-use-sample-weights-at-county-level/680/1 "2014-10-16T22:50:00Z")

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I want to develop an inequality analisys and evaluate Gini index at county level on personal data. I would expect to see differences among different counties. Should I use sample weights or are they evaluated with reference to the national level?

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