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st: create dummy variables for every 5 values


From   Lynda Zhang <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: create dummy variables for every 5 values
Date   Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:52:28 -0500

I have a variable Year:
...
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
...

How do I create one dummy variable for each 5-year interval with one command.

Typically I can get it manually by generating one dummy at a time
gen year1=1 if year>=1991 & year<=1995
...

or using Recode:
gen yr=year
recode yr (1991/1995=1)(1996/2000=2)
tab yr, g(y)

Thanks a lot!
Lynda

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