Dear Statalisters
I wish to delete all records for a subset of individuals who are first
observed as not employed and keep those who are first observed as
employed. Thus, in the example, below, I want to retain those with
ID=2, 3, and 4 but delete ID 1, 5, 6, and 7. I am not sure how to do
this and would be grateful for your help.
Sara
ID WAVE empstat
------------- ---- -----------
1 1 not emp
------------- ---- -----------
2 2 emp
2 3 not emp
------------- ---- -----------
3 2 emp
3 3 not emp
------------- ---- -----------
4 2 emp
4 3 not emp
------------- ---- -----------
5 10 not emp
5 11 not emp
------------- ---- -----------
6 7 not emp
6 8 not emp
------------- ---- -----------
7 2 not emp
7 3 not emp
7 4 not emp
7 5 not emp
7 6 not emp
7 7 not emp
7 8 not emp
7 9 not emp
7 10 not emp
7 11 not emp
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