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B.1.2.2 Adjusting QDU-<strong>Level</strong> Data to the Control Totals<br />

As was done for the SDU data, the QDU-level data was adjusted via calibration in GEM<br />

of sample weights to multiple control totals. Each QDU received an adjustment factor, similar to<br />

that described for the SDU weight in B.1.1.2. The controls utilized in this calibration were based<br />

on the SDU weight as described in B.1.2.1 above. The adjusted weight was representative of the<br />

civilian, noninstitutionalized population estimates for ages 12 or older for all domains controlled<br />

within the modeling.<br />

B.2 Derivation of <strong>Person</strong> <strong>Pair</strong>-<strong>Level</strong> Poststratification Controls<br />

B.2.1 Deriving <strong>Person</strong> <strong>Pair</strong>-<strong>Level</strong> Poststratification Control Totals from Adjusted SDU<br />

Weights <strong>and</strong> Household-<strong>Level</strong> <strong>Person</strong> Counts<br />

Analogous to the QDU weights, some of the person pair controls were based on the SDU<br />

weights. However, two sets of control totals were utilized in the modeling, with one set based on<br />

the SDU weights <strong>and</strong> the other set based on the questionnaire roster.<br />

For most pair data domains—those other than the 10 pair domains based on<br />

relationship—the control totals for the poststratification adjustments were obtained from SDU<br />

data <strong>and</strong> were based on the number of possible pairs within SDUs. In order to obtain these pair<br />

counts belonging to various sociodemographic domains, the screener roster information was used<br />

to calculate all possible pairs within SDUs. For example, consider an SDU with two persons<br />

aged 12 to 17 <strong>and</strong> three persons aged 26 to 34. From this household composition, one can<br />

construct one pair of persons aged 12 to 17, three pairs of persons aged 26 to 34, <strong>and</strong> six pairs of<br />

persons aged 12 to 17 <strong>and</strong> 26 to 34. It follows that the total number of possible pairs in this SDU<br />

is 10, from which the number of pairs belonging to the domain of interest can be obtained.<br />

On the other h<strong>and</strong>, for the 10 selected pair domains based on relationship, the control<br />

totals for the poststratification adjustments were obtained from the questionnaire roster. This<br />

involved calibrating the pair weights to the number of persons in households belonging to each<br />

domain of interest. These controls were obtained from the larger sample of singles <strong>and</strong> pairs (i.e.,<br />

one or two persons selected from dwelling units) <strong>and</strong> were calculated at the QDU (household)<br />

level. The pair weights were adjusted by the appropriate multiplicity. See Section 6.3 for details<br />

on the multiplicity counts <strong>and</strong> Section 6.4 for details on the household-level control totals, which<br />

are referred to as household-level person counts.<br />

B.2.2 Adjusting <strong>Person</strong>-<strong>Pair</strong> <strong>Level</strong> Data to the Control Totals<br />

Like the SDU- <strong>and</strong> QDU-level data, the person pair-level data was adjusted via GEM.<br />

The use of two different types of controls required a minor modification to the GEM macro so<br />

that both sets of controls might be addressed simultaneously. Similar to the SDU- <strong>and</strong> QDUlevel<br />

poststratification steps, each pair received an adjustment factor, which, when multiplied by<br />

the initial weight, produced a final weight. The sum of all final weights corresponded to the<br />

civilian, noninstitutionalized population estimate for ages 12 or older, <strong>and</strong> the sum of all final<br />

weights in a domain corresponded to the control total for that domain.<br />

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