Can we use the 'keep' statement for survey data in SAS to create subsets?

[UcheOkoro]

Hello,

Can one use the ‘keep’ statement to select variables of interest from a survey data (particularly BRFSS data) into a subset dataset?

The following is my SAS code.

Thank you

 Data BRFSS2018b3;
 Set BRFSS2018b;
 SEX=SEX1;
 keep IYEAR SEQNO _AGE80 _STSTR _psu _LLCPWT MEDCOST HLTHPLN1  EMPLOY1 INCOME2 _EDUCAG EMPLOY1  _RACE SEX;
;RUN;

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

Yes.

Basic response would be "try it an see".

[UcheOkoro]

Thank you so much for your prompt response.

My main concern was about the  weights. So the weights are not affected as long as I am not creating a subset within a variable, right?

[Reeza]

You need to include the weights for the correct downstream analysis.

[UcheOkoro]

Thank you