IMPUTE: Used IVEWare?

[Paul von Hippel]

I'm considering using the IVEWare software developed by Raghunathan et al. 
Before I get into this, I would be grateful to hear from people who have 
used it. Specifically, I'm curious whether it's difficult to learn and 
whether there are quirks I should be aware of. I have been using SAS, 
including the macro language, for several years.

To account for the survey design, I'm planning to use the cluster ID 
variable in my imputations (as recommended by Rubin, 1996). In IVEWare this 
would be a categorical variable with several hundred values, none of which 
are missing. I'm curious whether I can expect trouble from doing this.

Many thanks and best wishes,
Paul von Hippel
Paul von Hippel
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Department of Sociology / Initiative in Population Research
Ohio State University
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