No, I have added to the spell file information related to the
characteristics of the job (I could add them only to the spell file, and not
directly to the person month), so now, in my spell file I have a variable
saying for example the sector in which someone was employed.
I now want to go back to the person month file keeping also this info on the
sector, so I have for every month in which a spell was hold, the sector
variable.
So illustrating>
The first original person month file was
Persnr month n_job
1 1 1
1 2 1
1 3 1
1 4 2
1 5 2
1 6 2
1 7 2
1 8 3
1 9 3
1 10 3
The spell file I have generated is
Persnr n_job beg end
1 1 1 3
1 2 4 7
1 3 8 10
Thenn I have added the sector variable, so it looks like
Persnr n_job beg end sect
1 1 1 3 1
1 2 4 7 3
1 3 8 10 2
And now I want a person month likethis:
Persnr month n_job sect
1 1 1 1
1 2 1 1
1 3 1 1
1 4 2 3
1 5 2 3
1 6 2 3
1 7 2 3
1 8 3 2
1 9 3 2
1 10 3 2
Thanks,
Anna
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