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Austin Nichols
> There is a relevant FAQ:
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/members.html
Marilyn Ibarra
> > >> I have the following variables: state, born, and total.
> I would like
> > >> to create two new variables: x and y.
> > >> I would like "X" and "Y" to be the sum of Total for certain
> > >> observations. Such as this:
> > >> state birthstate total "X" "Y"
> > >> 1 3 6 7+9+6 7+6
> > >> 2 3 7 6+9+6 6+6
> > >> 3 3 9 6+7+6 6+7+6
> > >> 4 3 6 6+7+9 6+7
> > >>
> > >> State is the state they live in now. Birthstate is the
> state they
> > >> were born in. For anyone born in state 2, I want "X" to
> be the sum of
> > >> Total for the other states they do not live in. For example, for
> > >> person born in state 2, now living in state 1, I want to
> sum the Total
> > >> for other people born in state 2 who live in state 1,
> state 3, and
> > >> state 4.
> > >> To create "Y", for example, for person born in state 2, living in
> > >> state 1, I want to sum Total for other persons born in
> the same state
> > >> who now live in state 3,and 4. I don't want to include for this
> > >> person's sum of Total, the combination of state 2 and
> born in state
> > >> 2. And the same for born in state 3, living in state 1,
> I want to
> > >> exclude born in state 3, living in 3, but include in the
> sum of the
> > >> Total born in state 3, living in state 2 and 4. For the
> sum of Total,
> > >> for the observation, born in state 3 living in state 3,
> I want to
> > >> include the sum of Total for anyone else living in
> another state that
> > >> is not state 3, so state 1, 2, and 4 would be included
> in the sum of
> > >> Total for this observation.
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