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produced a priori. It was anticipated that analyses of interest would be limited to 14 pair<br />

domains, listed in Table 1.2. Since no multiplicity was necessary for the spouse-spouse/partnerpartner<br />

pair relationships (by definition, each pair member could have only one partner or one<br />

spouse), multiplicity factors were produced for only 12 of these domains. Note that a single pair<br />

relationship might have two domains associated with it, since the parameter of interest might be<br />

associated with only one member of the pair (the "focus" member), <strong>and</strong> the multiplicity would<br />

differ depending upon which pair member was the focus member.<br />

Table 1.2 <strong>Pair</strong> Domains<br />

<strong>Pair</strong> Relationship<br />

Parent-child, child aged 12-14<br />

Parent-child, child aged 12-14<br />

Parent-child, child aged 12-17<br />

Parent-child, child aged 12-17<br />

Parent-child, child aged 12-20<br />

Parent-child, child aged 12-20<br />

Parent-child, child aged 15-17<br />

Parent-child, child aged 15-17<br />

Sibling-sibling, older sibling 15-17, younger sibling 12-14<br />

Sibling-sibling, older sibling 15-17, younger sibling 12-14<br />

Sibling-sibling, older sibling 18-25, younger sibling 12-17<br />

Sibling-sibling, older sibling 18-25, younger sibling 12-17<br />

Spouse-spouse <strong>and</strong> partner-partner<br />

Spouse-spouse <strong>and</strong> partner-partner, with children aged 0-17<br />

Focus<br />

Parent<br />

Child<br />

Parent<br />

Child<br />

Parent<br />

Child<br />

Parent<br />

Child<br />

Older sibling<br />

Younger sibling<br />

Older sibling<br />

Younger sibling<br />

No multiplicity necessary<br />

No multiplicity necessary<br />

Some of the multiplicities, including counts of all possible pairs in a household for a<br />

given domain, were used for poststratification. Details are provided in Chapter 4.<br />

A resolution to the extreme weight problem is to use a Hajek-type modification (Hajek,<br />

1971). This modification essentially entails calibration (like poststratification) to controls for the<br />

number of persons in households belonging to each domain of interest. These controls can be<br />

obtained from the larger sample of singles <strong>and</strong> pairs (i.e., one or two persons selected from DUs).<br />

Note, however, that the multiplicity factor, being domain specific, renders the calibration<br />

adjustment factor domain specific. This raises the question of finding one set of calibration<br />

weights for use with all domains or outcome variables. To get around this problem, we<br />

performed a multivariate calibration with respect to a key set of pair domains. This type of<br />

poststratification then was followed by a repeat poststratification to further control the extreme<br />

weights by imposing separate bound restrictions on the initially identified extreme weights.<br />

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