thank you for your prompt response. just been to 'findit meta' again in case
i missed finding the thing that i need the day before but i still could not
find what i need amongst all that. i do use meta/metan and their ancillary
do's including metacum, metainf, etc but to my knowledge 'meta-prevalence'
or even 'meta-proportion or 'meta-probability' is not one that is available
(seeing that essentially prevalence is a probability or a proportion). i
stress again that i could be blinkered and would therefore appreciate
further advice/input from statalisters.
i also checked the textbook you mentioned on amazon where they allowed a
peek at the index/contents, again same issue - it addresses the usual
meta-analysis of effect size or mean differences but not prevalence or
proportion per se.
so i am at the moment still looking for further advise/help.