How about this:
sort ID Period
by ID: gen switch_period = 1 if _n==1
by ID: gen switch_period = switch_period[_n-1] + switch
by ID switch_period: gen Duration = _N
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Albert Newton
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: RE: How to construct a duration variable?
Thank you, Nick.
For example, there are three brands in the market: A, B and C. One
consumer buy A at the first period. At the second period, she
switches to B. Since then, she keeps buying B for the next four
periods. After that, she switches to C etc.
Then the duration variable I want should be:
hhid Period Brand Switch Duration
1 1 A 0 1
1 2 B 1 4
1 3 B 0 4
1 4 B 0 4
1 5 B 0 4
1 6 C 1 2
1 7 C 0 2
1 8 A 1 1
1 9 B 1 4
1 10 B 0 4
1 11 B 0 4
1 12 B 0 4
1 13 C 1 2
1 14 C 0 2
I wish that it's clear this time. I just not sure how to construct
the duration variable in Stata.
Thanks,
Albet
On 4/6/06, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think you are going to need to explain how "Duration"
> is calculated. The numerical example is not
> clear to me.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Albert Newton
>
> > I get stuck in coding a during variable. The data is like:
> >
> > hhid weekshoppingday triptype switch switchtype
> > Duration
> > 1871877 954 7 1 0 0 0
> > 1871877 955 7 2 1 2 1
> > 1871877 956 3 1 1 4 1
> > 1871877 957 6 0 1 1 1
> > 1871877 958 7 1 1 6 3
> > 1871877 959 7 1 0 0 0
> > 1871877 960 7 1 0 0 0
> > 1871877 961 7 0 1 1 1
> > 1871877 962 7 2 1 5 1
> > 1871877 963 4 1 1 4 3
> > 1871877 964 2 1 0 0 0
> > 1871877 964 7 1 0 0 0
> >
> > I just wanto count how long the customer stay in the switched
shopping
> > type. Could any one give some suggestion of how to constuct the
> > variable "Duration"?
> > The one above is make manually.
>
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