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France - Weights
Wave LIS
unweighted
households
LIS
weighted
households

HWEIGHT descriptives

HWEIGHT*d4
(weighted number of persons)

Population
Size
(*)

Mean Min Max
1979 11,044 18,429.12 1.67 0.04 9.95 50,999.91 53,869,743
1981 3,639 4,084 1.12 1.00 2.00 16,928 54,433,565
1984A 12,693 20,256.12 1.60 0.10 21.48 53,814.97 55,171,224
1984B 11,977 20,325,672 1,697.06 1,407.00 2,627.00 54,637,245 55,171,224
1989 9,038 21,201,890 2,345.86 1,877.00 3,871.00 54,658,197 56,735,103
1994 11,294 23,155,000 2,050.20 1,446.00 9,223.00 57,149,565 58,149,674
2000 10,305 24,522,571 2,379.68 761.00 10221.00 59,450,271 59,658,144
(*) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Database
* combined tax unit
the 1979 and 1984A LIS dataset are 33 percent random samples of the full datasets
+ Presence of sample weights: yes
(special weights assigned to allow the working women and nonworking women components of the survey to be combined. The weights do not reflect population estimates)

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File current as of 02 December 2008