gen sum = 0
gen count = 0
forval i = 1/5 {
replace sum = sum + x`i' if bld`i' == bld & x`i' < .
replace count = count + 1 if bld`i' == bld & x`i' < .
}
gen xmean = sum/count
Nick
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Carter Rees
I have the variables id (person id), bld (person's building code), bld1-bld5
(building codes for 5 nominated co-workers). I also have various co-worker
characteristics in my file. For illustration, let x1-x5 be one of the
characteristics listed for each co-worker. The data are constructed as:
id bld bld1 bld2 bld3 bld4 bld5 x1 x2 x3
x4 x5
1 10 11 10 10 10 11 6 7 2
4 2
2 11 11 11 13 13 11 6 8 4
7 0
3 12 12 12 12 12 12 6 1 2
4 3
4 13 13 10 10 10 14 10 5 10
9 5
5 14 15 14 3 10 5
1 3
6 15 15 2 6 5
2 7
For each person id, I would like to construct a variable that is the mean
value of only those co-workers who are in the same building. For example,
the first case would only include co-workers in building 10 which would
result in an average of (7+2+4)/3 = 4.33. -forvalues- and/or -foreach-
seems appropriate here but I can't seem to get it quite right.
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