Martin,
Do you have cases where J_Heirat > JScheidung?
Friedrich Huebler
--- Martin Neugebauer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hopefully somebody can help me out with this:
>
> I am trying to estimate the average marriage time until divorce.
> When I
> run the stset command, I always get the following "probable error":
>
> id: respid
> failure event: failed == 1
> obs. time interval: (date0, date1]
> exit on or before: failure
> t for analysis: (time-origin)
> origin: time date0
> if: partnr==minpart
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 7277 total obs.
> 10 overlapping records (date1[_n-1]>date0) PROBABLE ERROR
> 468 ignored per request (if(), etc.)
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 6799 obs. remaining, representing
> 6799 subjects
> 1067 failures in single failure-per-subject data
> 116093.5 total analysis time at risk, at risk from t = 0
> earliest observed entry t = 0
> last observed exit t = 49
>
> What does Stata mean by "overlapping records (date1[_n-1]>date0)"?
> How
> can I solve the probable error?
>
> (do-file):
>
> gen failed=1
> replace failed=0 if JScheidung==.
> replace failed=9 if JSterbe <=2000
> gen date0= J_Heirat
> gen date1= JScheidung
> replace date1= 2000 if JScheidung==.
> replace date1= JSterbe if JSterbe<=2000
> drop if date0==.
> drop if date1==.
> replace date1=date1+ .5 if date1==date0
> sort respid partnr
> by respid (partnr): gen minpart=partnr[1]
> stset date1, id(respid) time0(date0) origin (time date0) failure
> (failed==1) if(partnr==minpart)
>
> Thank you!
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