Adam Chapman
> > > I'm trying to calculate a running cumulative total for
> > observations over
> > > the previous 12 months (cum12month). My data looks like:
> > >
> > > # Obs Month Cum12month
> > > 2 1 2
> > > 4 2 6
> > > 3 3 9
> > > 1 4 10
> > > 2 5 12
> > > 4 6 16
> > > 2 7 18
> > > 1 8 19
> > > 5 9 24
> > > 3 10 27
> > > 2 11 29
> > > 4 12 33
> > > 5 13 36
> > > 2 14 34
> > > 3 15 34
> > > 2 16 35
> > > 4 17 37
> > > etc
Nick Cox
> gen Cum12month = sum(Obs)
> replace Cum12month = Cum12month - Cum12month[_n-12] if month > 13
Another way:
tsset month
gen Cum12month = sum(Obs) - sum(L12.Obs)
Both these methods extend to panel data. The second is more
easily done (and works better if there are gaps):
tsset id month
gen Cum12month = sum(Obs) - sum(L12.Obs)
Nick
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