# What kind of weight command should be used with the wtsupp variable, in Stata?
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**Category:** CPS
**Created:** [May 10, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/what-kind-of-weight-command-should-be-used-with-the-wtsupp-variable-in-stata/1733 "2017-05-10T20:09:00Z")
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### Author:  [@mbursh](https://forum.ipums.org/u/mbursh)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/what-kind-of-weight-command-should-be-used-with-the-wtsupp-variable-in-stata/1733/1 "2017-05-10T20:09:00Z")
What kind of weight command should be used with the wtsupp variable, in Stata?
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### Author:  [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/what-kind-of-weight-command-should-be-used-with-the-wtsupp-variable-in-stata/1733/2 "2017-05-11T14:07:00Z")
There are multiple ways to do this. Different people will tell you different methods. I’d suggest using the SVY commands. The general syntax for CPS data is as follows: svyset serial [pweight==wtsupp]. The SERIAL variable is a household serial number and tells STATA about the sampling unit used in the survey.
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### Author:  [@mhenly](https://forum.ipums.org/u/mhenly)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/what-kind-of-weight-command-should-be-used-with-the-wtsupp-variable-in-stata/1733/3 "2018-02-08T15:08:00Z")
For others who may be using the user forum to find information on specifying the SVYSET command for weighting in stata for the CPS, I found this page particularly helpful:
[https://cps.ipums.org/cps/repwt.shtml](https://cps.ipums.org/cps/repwt.shtml)
It even has the correct code to use in Stata.