Dear Maarten,
Yes, ofcourse. The problem is that if I merge by using
hhnumber and mothers number there is a mismatch
because it means i merge the children dataset with its
own number as it is indicated in the mothersnumber. I
cant use roster number neither.
I have created an additional identifier for each of
them. So i can merge child rosternumb 12 with mother
rosternum 9. Here is waht I have tried generating an
additional id to be used for both datasets.
In childrens dataset:
gen id= Mothernum
In other dataset:
gen id=rosternum
sort Hhnum id
merge Hhnum id using " dta"
but i somehow dont get the mothers variables
adequately into the children's dataset.
txs,
Gaby
--- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Did you take a look at -merge- ?
>
> -- Maarten
>
> --- Ana Gabriela Guerrero Serdan
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Dear Stata users,
> >
> > Im trying to match children information with that
> of
> > their mothers. I have two datasets, one includes
> some
> > information for all members of the household and
> the
> > second includes child specific information. I want
> to
> > be able to create a variable in the children's
> dataset
> > about the mothers education levels, age, etc..
> >
> > My first dataset looks like this:
> >
> > list HHnum Rosternum Mothernum age HR07 schooling
> >
> >
>
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
> > HHnum Rosternum Mothernum sex age HR32
> schooling
> >
>
--------------------------------------------------------------
> > 1 1 . Male 62 Not elig Has
> > atte
> > 1 2 . Female 62 Not elig Has
> > atte
> > 1 3 . Male 41 Not elig Has
> > atte
> > 1 4 . Female 28 Whole qu Has
> > atte
> > 1 5 . Male 10 . Has
> > atte
> >
>
--------------------------------------------------------------
> > 1 6 . Male 6 . Has
> > atte
> > 1 7 . Male 5 .
> Has
> > not
> > 1 8 . Male 40 Not elig Has
> > atte
> > 1 9 . Female 30 Whole qu Has
> > atte
> > 1 10 . Male 7 . Has
> > atte
> >
>
--------------------------------------------------------------
> > 1 11 . Female 6 . Has
> > atte
> > 1 12 9 Male 0 .
> Has
> > not
> > 1 13 . Male 38 Not elig Has
> > atte
> > 1 14 . Female 32 Whole qu Has
> > atte
> > 1 17 . Male 35 Not elig Has
> > atte
> > 1 18 . Female 29 Whole qu Has
> > atte
> > 1 19 . Male 8 . Has
> > atte
> > 1 20 . Female 6 .
> Has
> > not
> >
>
--------------------------------------------------------------
> > 1 21 18 Female 3 .
> Has
> > not
> > 1 22 18 Female 0 .
> Has
> > not
> >
> >
> > So, for household 1, child 12, the mother is 9,
> for
> > household 1, children 21 & 22 mother is 18.
> >
> > My second dataset is basically a subset of the
> first
> > one but with additional children's information.
> >
> > list Hhnum Rosternum age sex Mothersnum ,
> > etc...
> >
> > +----------------------------------------+
> > Hhnum Rosternum age sex Mothersnum
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 1. 1 12 Male 0 9
> > 2. 1 22 Female 0 18
> > 3. 1 21 Female 3 18
> > 4. 2 7 Female 1 4
> > 5. 2 6 Female 1 4
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 6. 2 5 Male 3 4
> > 7. 3 8 Female 0 .
> > 8. 3 7 Male 3 2
> > 9. 8 5 Male 2 2
> > 10. 19 6 Female 4 2
> >
> > i have tried a few things like generating new
> > variables for mother's var but havent come up
> with a
> > way to do so.
> >
> > can you suggest anyways to best do the matches?
> >
> > thanks,
> > gaby
> >
> >
> > Gaby Guerrero Serdan
> >
> > Deparment of Economics
> > Royal Holloway, University of London
> > TW20 OEX
> > Egham, Surrey
> > England, UK
> >
>
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> >
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