WEIGHTING PROCEDURES FOR 2012 MISSISSIPPI POLL:
|
Education (for
age 25 & older): |
Latest Census estimates |
WEIGHT1 (SSRC weighted data file) |
WEIGHT2 (wgt1 * education correction) |
WEIGHT3 (wgt2 * race correction) |
WEIGHT (wgt3 * a constant) |
Unweighted dataset |
|
11 years or less |
20.4% |
13.6 |
20.3 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
11.8 |
|
12th grade or some college |
60.1% |
47.5 |
60.2 |
60.5 |
60.5 |
50.8 |
|
College grad & some graduate school |
19.5% |
38.9 |
19.5 |
19.5 |
19.5 |
37.4 |
|
Sex (for age 18 & older) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
47.5% |
47.5 |
47.2 |
47.2 |
47.2 |
39.0 |
|
Female |
52.5% |
52.5 |
52.8 |
52.8 |
52.8 |
61.0 |
|
Age (for age 18 & older) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18-29 |
23.7 |
23.7 |
23.5 |
23.5 |
23.5 |
15.6 |
|
30-44 |
24.8 |
24.8 |
22.2 |
21.9 |
21.9 |
16.3 |
|
45-59 |
25.9 |
25.9 |
26.8 |
27.0 |
27.0 |
30.3 |
|
60 + |
25.6 |
25.6 |
27.5 |
27.6 |
27.6 |
37.8 |
|
Race (for age 18 & older) (2000 census) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
White |
61.2% |
61.2 |
59.6 |
61.2 |
61.2 |
65.5 |
|
Black |
33.0% |
33.0 |
34.9 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
30.1 |
|
Other |
5.8% |
5.8 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
4.4 |
Latest census estimates are provided by SSRC Weighting Methodology report and weighted
data file, except for education, whose estimates are provided by quickfacts.census.gov website.
The final weight (WEIGHT) is adjusted by a constant, so that the N size of the weighted dataset is identical
to the actual sample size; it should be used in all data analyses.