Thank you!
That must have been the problem - as there were no problems with COVAFS which
had no conditional statement.
I'll use COVAFS and add the 'if zboy == 0 ' with the reg statement.
Many thanks,
Anjali
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Quoting "P. Wilner Jeanty" <[email protected]>:
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Anjali Gupta <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thank you for the reply - however that didn't fix it.
> >
> > The code works fine if I take `covagrl' out of the forvalues loop.
> >
> > Anjali
>
> Another problem is that in the local `covagrl' you already have an <if
> exp>, so you cannot have two of these (<if zboy == 0> and <if _mult_
> == `j'>) for one command. That's why when you remove `covagrl' the
> program works. The problem is certainly not with the forvalues loop.
>
>
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> > Quoting "P. Wilner Jeanty" <[email protected]>:
> >
> > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Anjali Gupta <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > In the following examples, the MICOMBINE command recognizes my local
> > > varlist,
> > > > but the FORVALUES loop results in INVALID SYNTAX if I refer to the
> local
> > > macro.
> > > > Any help is much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > *****************************
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > local covafs
> > > > " zmale agecmof2 zblack zhispanc
> > > > zhchld1a zxxwrkft zboy
> > > > zcurremp zcar" ;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > local covaboy
> > > > " zmale agecmof2 zblack zhispanc
> > > > zhchld1a zxxwrkft zboy
> > > > zcurremp zcar if zboy ==1 " ;
> > > >
> > > > local covagrl
> > > > " zmale agecmof2 zblack zhispanc
> > > > zhchld1a zxxwrkft zboy
> > > > zcurremp zcar if zboy == 0" ;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE COVAGRL WITHIN LOOP;
> > > >
> > > > * 2 - PARENTING ONLY;
> > > > micombine reg actscaf3
> > > > efchmag3
> > > > famrotf3
> > > > posscaf3
> > > > negscaf3
> > > > acpscaf3
> > > > monscaf3
> > > > psyscaf3
> > > > e `covagrl' ,impid(_mult_) obsid(sampleid) robust
> > > cluster (sampleid) ;
> > > >
> > > > forvalues j = 1/10 {;
> > > >
> > > > local covagrl
> > > > " zmale agecmof2 zblack zhispanc
> > > > zhchld1a zxxwrkft zboy
> > > > zcurremp zcar if zboy == 0" ;
> > > >
> > > > reg actscaf3
> > > > efchmag3
> > > > famrotf3
> > > > posscaf3
> > > > negscaf3
> > > > acpscaf3
> > > > monscaf3
> > > > psyscaf3
> > > > e
> > > > `covagrl'
> > > >
> > > > , robust cluster (sampleid), if _mult_ == `j';
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > local r2 = e(r2);
> > > > gen obs`j' = `r2';
> > > >
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > list obs1-obs10 in 1/1;
> > > > drop obs1-obs10;
> > > >
> > > > *********************************
> > > >
> > > > * DESIRED METHOD - REFER TO COVAGRL DEFINED ABOVE;
> > > >
> > > > * 3 - YOUTH ONLY;
> > > > micombine reg actscaf3
> > > > stasclf3
> > > > pbsscaf3
> > > > extscaf3
> > > > innscaf3
> > > > frscaf3
> > > > hopscaf3
> > > > envscaf3
> > > > e `covagrl' ,impid(_mult_) obsid(sampleid) robust
> > > cluster (sampleid) ;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > forvalues j = 1/10 {;
> > > > qui reg actscaf3
> > > > stasclf3
> > > > pbsscaf3
> > > > extscaf3
> > > > innscaf3
> > > > frscaf3
> > > > hopscaf3
> > > > envscaf3
> > > > e `covagrl' , robust cluster (sampleid), if _mult_
> ==
> > > `j';
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > local r2 = e(r2);
> > > > gen obs`j' = `r2';
> > > >
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > list obs1-obs10 in 1/1;
> > > > drop obs1-obs10;
> > >
> > > Anjali, I am not sure exactly what causes your problem, but I suspect
> > > it has to do with where you place <if _mult_ == `j'> in your program,
> > > in which case INVALID SYNTAX would be legitimate. Try to modify your
> > > program as follows:
> > >
> > > ........... e`covagrl' if _mult_ == `j', robust cluster (sampleid)
> > >
> > >
> > > where ........ refers to anything that comes before e`covagrl'
> > >
> > > Best
> > > --
> > > P. Wilner Jeanty, Post-doctoral researcher
> > > Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
> > > The Ohio State University
> > > 2120 Fyffe Road
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> > > (614) 292-6382 (Office)
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> >
> >
>
>
>
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