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WEIGHTWM
Women's sample weight
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WEIGHTWM is a numeric variable in the data format of "double".

Description

WEIGHTWM reports the sample weight of the woman, and is the inverse of the probability of inclusion. Sample weights address unequal probability of selection and unequal response rates, and ensure the survey population is representative of the full population. It is important to note sample weights are not expansion factors, and are not related to population size.

Sample weights are a component of survey design, and users are encouraged to consult relevant countries’ survey reports as needed. Weights must be incorporated when tabulating data to produce accurate descriptive statistics. Additional survey design variables, such as STRATUM and PSU, may be required when undertaking complex analysis, to generate accurate standard errors and confidence intervals, and perform hypothesis testing.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL
Argentina
 Costa Rica
Lebanon
 Panama
Thailand

Comparability

In general, sample weights that reflect probability weights for individuals should average to a value of "1" for completed interviews. In some cases, additional sample design considerations are taken into account and users are encouraged to consult relevant countries’ survey reports as needed.

Major exceptions are noted below for weights that are not normalized.

Comparability — Argentina [top]

The 2011-2012 survey weights are population based survey weights calculated by the implementing agency.

Comparability — Costa Rica [top]

The 2018 survey weights are population based survey weights calculated by the implementing agency.

Comparability — Lebanon [top]

The weights for Lebanon (Palestinian Camps) 2005 are "1" for all cases.

Comparability — Panama [top]

The 2013 survey weights are population based survey weights calculated by the implementing agency.

Comparability — Thailand [top]

The Thailand 2005 survey weights are population based survey weights calculated by the implementing agency and are not normalized.

Universe

  • Afghanistan 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Afghanistan 2022: Women age 15-49
  • Albania 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Algeria 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Algeria 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Argentina 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Argentina 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Bangladesh 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Bangladesh 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Bangladesh 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Barbados 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Belarus 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Belarus 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Belarus 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Belize 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Belize 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Belize 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Benin 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Benin 2021: Women age 15-49
  • Bhutan 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (Roma) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Burkina Faso 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Burundi 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Cameroon 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Cameroon 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Central African Republic 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Central African Republic 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Central African Republic 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Chad 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Chad 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Comoros 2022: Women age 15-49
  • Congo 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Congo Democratic Republic 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Congo Democratic Republic 2017: Women age 15-49
  • Costa Rica 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Costa Rica 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Cuba 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Cuba 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Cuba 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Cuba 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Djibouti 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Dominican Republic 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Dominican Republic 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Egypt 2013: Ever-married women age 15-49
  • El Salvador 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Eswatini (Swaziland) 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Eswatini (Swaziland) 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Eswatini (Swaziland) 2021: Women age 15-49
  • Fiji 2021: Women age 15-49
  • Gambia 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Gambia 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Gambia 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Georgia 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Georgia 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Ghana 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Ghana (Accra) 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Ghana 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Ghana 2017: Women age 15-49
  • Guinea 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Guinea Bissau 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Guinea Bissau 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Guinea Bissau 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Guyana 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Guyana 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Guyana 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Honduras 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Indonesia (Papua) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Indonesia (West Papua) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Iraq 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Iraq 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Iraq 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Jamaica 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Jamaica 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Jamaica 2022: Women age 15-49
  • Kazakhstan 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Kazakhstan 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Kazakhstan 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Kenya (Mombasa informal settlements) 2009: Women age 15-49
  • Kenya (Nyanza Province) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Kenya (Bungoma) 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Kenya (Kakamega) 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Kenya (Turkana County) 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Kiribati 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Kosovo 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Kosovo (Roma) 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Kosovo 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Kosovo (Roma) 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Kyrgyzstan 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Kyrgyzstan 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Kyrgyzstan 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Laos 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Laos 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Laos 2017: Women age 15-49
  • Lebanon 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49
  • Lebanon 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Lesotho 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Macedonia 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Macedonia 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Macedonia (Roma) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Macedonia 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Macedonia (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Madagascar 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Madagascar 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Malawi 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Malawi 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Malawi 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Mali 2009: Women age 15-49
  • Mali 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Mauritania 2007: Women age 15-49
  • Mauritania 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Mauritania 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Mexico 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Moldova 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag) 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia (Nalaikh) 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag) 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia (Nalaikh) 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Mongolia 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Montenegro 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Montenegro (Roma) 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Montenegro 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Montenegro 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Montenegro (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Mozambique 2008: Women age 15-49
  • Nepal 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Nepal 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Nepal 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Nigeria 2007: Women age 15-49
  • Nigeria 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Nigeria 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Nigeria 2021: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Balochistan) 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Punjab) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Sindh) 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Punjab) 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Punjab) 2017: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Sindh) 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Balochistan) 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Palestine 2010: Ever-married women age 15-54
  • Palestine 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Palestine 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Panama 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Paraguay 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Qatar 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Saint Lucia 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Samoa 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Sao Tome and Principe 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Sao Tome and Principe 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Senegal (Dakar City) 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Serbia 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Serbia 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Serbia (Roma) 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Serbia 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Serbia (Roma) 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Serbia (Roma) 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Serbia 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Sierra Leone 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Sierra Leone 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Sierra Leone 2017: Women age 15-49
  • Somalia 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Somalia (Somaliland) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Somalia (Northeast Zone) 2011: Women age 15-49
  • South Sudan 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Sudan 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Sudan 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Suriname 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Suriname 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Suriname 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Syria 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Tajikistan 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand (Bangkok) 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand (14 Provinces) 2016: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand (17 Provinces) 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Thailand 2022: Women age 15-49
  • Togo 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Togo 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Togo 2017: Women age 15-49
  • Tonga 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Trinidad and Tobago 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Trinidad and Tobago 2022: Women age 15-49
  • Tunisia 2011: Women age 15-49
  • Tunisia 2018: Women age 15-49
  • Tunisia 2023: Women age 15-49
  • Turkmenistan 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Turkmenistan 2015: Women age 15-49
  • Turkmenistan 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Turks and Caicos 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Tuvalu 2019: Women age 15-49
  • Ukraine 2005: Women age 15-49
  • Ukraine 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Uruguay 2012: Women age 15-49
  • Uzbekistan 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Uzbekistan 2021: Women age 15-49
  • Vanuatu 2007: Women age 15-49
  • Vietnam 2006: Women age 15-49
  • Vietnam 2010: Women age 15-49
  • Vietnam 2013: Women age 15-49
  • Vietnam 2020: Women age 15-49
  • Yemen 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49
  • Yemen 2022: Women age 15-49
  • Zimbabwe 2009: Women age 15-49
  • Zimbabwe 2014: Women age 15-49
  • Zimbabwe 2019: Women age 15-49

Availability

  • Afghanistan: 2010, 2022
  • Albania: 2005
  • Algeria: 2012, 2018
  • Argentina: 2011, 2019
  • Bangladesh: 2006, 2012, 2019
  • Barbados: 2012
  • Belarus: 2005, 2012, 2019
  • Belize: 2006, 2011, 2015
  • Benin: 2014, 2021
  • Bhutan: 2010
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2006, 2011
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (Roma): 2011
  • Burkina Faso: 2006
  • Burundi: 2005
  • Cameroon: 2006, 2014
  • Central African Republic: 2006, 2010, 2018
  • Chad: 2010, 2019
  • Comoros: 2022
  • Congo: 2014
  • Congo Democratic Republic: 2010, 2017
  • Costa Rica: 2011, 2018
  • Cote D'Ivoire: 2006, 2016
  • Cuba: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019
  • Djibouti: 2006
  • Dominican Republic: 2014, 2019
  • Egypt: 2013
  • El Salvador: 2014
  • Eswatini (Swaziland): 2010, 2014, 2021
  • Fiji: 2021
  • Gambia: 2005, 2010, 2018
  • Georgia: 2005, 2018
  • Ghana: 2006, 2011, 2017
  • Ghana (Accra): 2010
  • Guinea: 2016
  • Guinea Bissau: 2006, 2014, 2018
  • Guyana: 2006, 2014, 2019
  • Honduras: 2019
  • Indonesia (Papua): 2011
  • Indonesia (West Papua): 2011
  • Iraq: 2006, 2011, 2018
  • Jamaica: 2005, 2011, 2022
  • Kazakhstan: 2006, 2010, 2015
  • Kenya (Mombasa informal settlements): 2009
  • Kenya (Nyanza Province): 2011
  • Kenya (Bungoma): 2013
  • Kenya (Kakamega): 2013
  • Kenya (Turkana County): 2013
  • Kiribati: 2018
  • Kosovo: 2013, 2019
  • Kosovo (Roma): 2013, 2019
  • Kyrgyzstan: 2005, 2014, 2018
  • Laos: 2006, 2011, 2017
  • Lebanon: 2005, 2011
  • Lesotho: 2018
  • Macedonia: 2005, 2011, 2018
  • Macedonia (Roma): 2011, 2018
  • Madagascar: 2012, 2018
  • Malawi: 2006, 2013, 2019
  • Mali: 2009, 2015
  • Mauritania: 2007, 2011, 2015
  • Mexico: 2015
  • Moldova: 2012
  • Mongolia: 2005, 2010, 2013, 2018
  • Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag): 2012, 2016
  • Mongolia (Nalaikh): 2012, 2016
  • Montenegro: 2005, 2013, 2018
  • Montenegro (Roma): 2013, 2018
  • Mozambique: 2008
  • Nepal: 2010, 2014, 2019
  • Nigeria: 2007, 2011, 2016, 2021
  • Pakistan (Balochistan): 2010, 2019
  • Pakistan (Punjab): 2011, 2014, 2017
  • Pakistan (Sindh): 2014, 2018
  • Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan): 2016
  • Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): 2016, 2019
  • Palestine: 2010, 2014, 2019
  • Panama: 2013
  • Paraguay: 2016
  • Qatar: 2012
  • Saint Lucia: 2012
  • Samoa: 2019
  • Sao Tome and Principe: 2014, 2019
  • Senegal (Dakar City): 2015
  • Serbia: 2005, 2010, 2014, 2019
  • Serbia (Roma): 2010, 2014, 2019
  • Sierra Leone: 2005, 2010, 2017
  • Somalia: 2006
  • Somalia (Northeast Zone): 2011
  • Somalia (Somaliland): 2011
  • South Sudan: 2010
  • Sudan: 2010, 2014
  • Suriname: 2006, 2010, 2018
  • Syria: 2006
  • Tajikistan: 2005
  • Thailand: 2005, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022
  • Thailand (Bangkok): 2015
  • Thailand (14 Provinces): 2016
  • Thailand (17 Provinces): 2019
  • Togo: 2006, 2010, 2017
  • Tonga: 2019
  • Trinidad and Tobago: 2006, 2011, 2022
  • Tunisia: 2011, 2018, 2023
  • Turkmenistan: 2006, 2015, 2019
  • Turks and Caicos: 2019
  • Tuvalu: 2019
  • Ukraine: 2005, 2012
  • Uruguay: 2012
  • Uzbekistan: 2006, 2021
  • Vanuatu: 2007
  • Vietnam: 2006, 2010, 2013, 2020
  • Yemen: 2006, 2022
  • Zimbabwe: 2009, 2014, 2019