Overview of Method to Construct CDS-2014 Child Weights

Overview of Method to Construct CDS-2014 Child Weights

We first constructed the CDS-2014 Main Child Weight, which was then modified to produce the CDS-2014 Child In-Home Weight. The basic steps to producing these weights were as follows:

1. Account for all probabilities of selection for eligible families and children through to the initial determination of eligibility for CDS-2014. 2. Adjust for CDS-2014 non-response. 3. Set aside the small number of CDS-2014 cases residing outside the U.S., for which their CDS-2014 Main Child Weight is now final. 4. Post-stratify the attrition-adjusted CDS-2014 sample selection weights to 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) adjusted population totals based on year of birth, gender, race, and Census region. 5. Trim very large and very small values of the post-stratified weights. 6. Post-stratify the trimmed weights to produce the final CDS-2014 Main Child Weight for the cases currently residing in the U.S. 7. Pool the U.S cases and non-U.S. cases for CDS-2014, which both now have their final Main Child Weight. 8. Adjust the final CDS-2014 Main Child Weight to produce the CDS-2014 Child In-Home Weight.