BMC Medical Research Methodology

Table 3 Weight effects by weighting parameters for quarter 1 of the 2012 and 2011 NSWPHS

From: Developing a weighting strategy to include mobile phone numbers into an ongoing population health survey using an overlapping dual-frame design with limited benchmark information

Category		2012						2011
		n	SUM(WGT)2	(SUMWGT)	(SUMWGT)2	weff	C _w	weff(n = 3377)
Age Group	0-13 years	368	7297166859	1244521	1548832668784	1.73	0.86	1.58
	14-24 years	317	5728404905	1066508	1137439271404	1.60	0.77	1.71
	25-34 years	397	4372748462	1057202	1117675032746	1.55	0.74	1.73
	35-44 years	346	4278905532	974108	948886376182	1.56	0.75	1.76
	45-54 years	489	3262991785	995006	990036601734	1.61	0.78	1.91
	55-64 years	624	2097445465	852381	726553045256	1.80	0.90	1.93
	65 plus	837	3136171943	1082361	1171505485852	2.24	1.11	1.63
Sex	Males	1429	16560322718	3600556	12964003293103	1.83	0.91	2.13
Sex	Females	1949	13613512232	3671530	13480134523526	1.97	0.98	2.54
Health admin area	Syd	303	1698048663	585360	342646633987	1.50	0.71	1.80
	SWS	314	4303110764	892880	797234926549	1.69	0.83	1.62
	SES	213	5079590457	843566	711603697584	1.52	0.72	1.81
	IS	173	1303216701	391278	153098535888	1.47	0.69	1.82
	WS	286	3618759102	846389	716374051549	1.44	0.67	1.65
	NBM	200	1062941408	347524	120772881923	1.76	0.87	1.86
	NS	303	3343021760	846173	716008052067	1.41	0.64	1.80
	CC	210	1022421509	320135	102486405420	2.09	1.05	2.16
	HNE	314	4347558425	885170	783525875790	1.74	0.86	1.74
	NNSW	140	1082404196	300456	90273555553	1.68	0.82	1.68
	MNC	336	451722818	216328	46797881462	3.24	1.50	1.93
	SNSW	240	462055826	205377	42179613548	2.63	1.28	2.31
	M	129	885322373	241598	58369453477	1.84	0.91	1.89
	WNSW	120	1025192088	268286	71977640717	1.71	0.84	2.29
	FW	97	18833284	30750	945569265	1.93	0.97	1.80
Overall		3378	30173834950	7272086	52883238281997	1.93	0.96	2.37

NOTES: weff = weight effect; C _w = coefficient of variation of the weights.

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2288

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com