Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/126473 
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Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2014-36
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
The use of the logistic regression model to predict the probability of response and create non-response weights is classic. In most cases, the model is estimated using socio-demographic variables and all units in the selected sample. However, substantive analyses are often restricted to a sub-group of the sample. This paper investigates whether weights are more effective if they are designed using variables correlated with the response propensity in the sub-group in question and sample units in the selected sub-group using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The findings demonstrate that, for some estimates, the tailored weights results in significantly different results than the usual weights.
Subjects: 
Non-response bias
Weighting variables
Well-being
Life satisfaction
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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