Table 4.
Groups of national raking margins and corresponding weighting methods
| Method | Margins | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–8 | 1: Sex by Age 2: Race/Ethnicity 3: Education 4: Marital Status 5: Home Ownership 6: Sex by Race/Ethnicity 7: Race/Ethnicity by Age 8: Phone Usage |
| 2 | 1–8 + 9 | 1: Sex by Age 2: Race/Ethnicity 3: Education 4: Marital Status 5: Home Ownership 6: Sex by Race/Ethnicity 7: Race/Ethnicity by Age 8: Phone Usage 9: State |
| 3 | 1–8 + state with 3 cross classifications | 1: Sex by Age 2: Race/Ethnicity 3: Education 4: Marital Status 5: Home Ownership 6: Sex by Race/Ethnicity 7: Race/Ethnicity by Age 8: Phone Usage 9: State 10: Age by state 11: Sex by state 12: Race/ethnicity by state |
| 4 | 1–8 with collapsed categoriesa | 1: Sex by Age 2: Race/Ethnicity 3: Education 4: Marital Status 5: Home Ownership 6: Sex by Race/Ethnicity (collapsed categories) 7: Race/Ethnicity by Age (collapsed categories) 8: Phone Usage |
| 5 | 1–8 + state with collapsed categories | 1: Sex by Age 2: Race/Ethnicity 3: Education 4: Marital Status 5: Home Ownership 6: Sex by Race/Ethnicity (collapsed categories) 7: Race/Ethnicity by Age (collapsed categories) 8: Phone Usage 9: State |
| 6 | 1–8 + state with 3 cross classifications with collapsed categoriesb | 1: Sex by Age 2: Race/Ethnicity 3: Education 4: Marital Status 5: Home Ownership 6: Sex by Race/Ethnicity 7: Race/Ethnicity by Age 8: Phone Usage 9: State 10: Age by state (collapsed categories) 11: Sex by state 12: Race/ethnicity by state (collapsed categories) |
aIn Methods 4–6, margins 6 and 7 were collapsed to achieve minimum sample sizes of 300 or minimum sample percentages of 5.0%. Race/ethnicity in margin 6 was collapsed to non-Hispanic White and Other for males; non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Other for females. In margin 7, race/ethnicity was collapsed to non-Hispanic White and Other
bMargins 10 and 12 were collapsed within region to achieve minimum sample sizes of 250 or minimum sample percentages of 5.0%. The age categories of 18–24 and 25–34 were collapsed together in margin 10 for 16 states. In margin 12, all race/ethnicity categories were collapsed together for two states (Maine and Vermont)