Design weight, regional proportion of the population within countries. Design weights are included to compensate for the fact that certain people have a higher or lower likelihood of being selected for the survey than others.
The Dweight is equal to (Population size aged 18 years and above in RegionX in CountryY) / (Net sample size of RegionX in CountryY). It, therefore, has a mean value of ‘1’ in each country. In all cases but Germany, Sweden, and the UK (which use NUTS1) NUTS 2 weights are applied.
Type of variable: Continuous