Multicomponent case weights for the 1985 resample of the 1983 Pacific Northwest residential energy survey

Abstract

In this study a set of multicomponent case weights applicable to residential survey information were prepared for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). These case weights were prepared for the 1985 resample of respondents of an earlier BPA residential energy survey -- the original 1983 survey and subsequent surveys administered to the 1985 PNWRES resample were designed to gather information from households concerning their use of energy and related data. The PNWRES samples were drawn based on stratified random sampling techniques, that allow the survey results to represent the characteristics of the overall Pacific Northwest population of residential utility accounts. In order to determine the characteristics of the population, however, the survey results must be appropriately weighted. Case weights were developed for 1983 PNWRES by Lou Harris and Associates, Inc. This report briefly documents PNL's extension of the weighting methodology to the subsequent 1985 PNWRES resample, and describes the resulting caseweights generated by PNL. 9 refs., 5 tabs.