Re: st: ratio of part time work

["Neil Shephard" <nshephard@gmail.com>]

On 6/11/06, peter harper <pharper11@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear Statalisters
>
> Since the ratio of part time work, would be
> the total of the part-time work (i.e., of the both
> genders) over the total of the full time work of both
> the genders, I presume I do
>
> .egen ratioprtwrk=(zmalprt+zfemprt)/zmalfull+zfemfull)
>
> zmalprt=male part time; zfemprt=female part time, zfemfull=female full-time; zmalfull=male full time.
>
> Can anyone please confirm if this is the correct command.
Two problems

1. Its missing an opening bracket.

2.There is no need to use -egen- (see -man egen- for details of what egen does).

gen ratioprtwrk=(zmalprt+zfemprt) / (zmalfull+zfemfull)

Neil
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