yes I use that approach now, and it works well!
Christopher Baum wrote:
> Per Michael Blasnik's suggestions, the Stata FAQ at
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> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/characteristics.html
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> suggests how to use the multiple-dataset approach, which I think is a much more sensible way of handling Anneliese' question. It can always be plugged in to generate the appropriate group codes.
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> Kit
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