Assuming that Isaac is correct and the variables are indeed coded as 0
and 1, the -gen- command in his message only yields the sum of
selected responses if there are no missing values across the response
variables. With -egen rowtotal- missing values are treated as 0.
. egen newvar = rowtotal(vara varb varc vard vare)
Friedrich
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Vargas Naranjo Isaac Alonso
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Puede hacerlo de la siguiente manera:
>
> Gen newvar=vara+varb+varc+vard+vare
>
> Le generar� una nueva variable con la suma de las otras que me imagino deben estar codificadas como 0 y/o 1, el resultado ser� la suma de veces que fue seleccionado alg�n elemento.
>
> Saludos,
>
> Isaac A. Vargas Naranjo.
> Gesti�n Financiera - Divisi�n Clientes
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Chao Yawo
> Enviado el: jueves, 03 de abril de 2008 01:37 p.m.
> Para: [email protected]
> Asunto: st: Creating a Count Variable
>
> Hi
>
> I have a range of 5 variables that ask respondents
> who is responsible for different household household
> tasks (vara, varb, varc, vard, vare). Respondents
> have a choice of selecting one fo the followinvg
> responses/values for each question:
>
> 1. Respondent Alone,
> 2. Respondent and Roomate
> 3. Respondent and Someone else
> 4.Roomate Alone
> 5. Someone else alone.
>
> I want to create a variable that counts how many
> times a respondent selects each of these
> values/responses/choices across all the five
> variables (vara - vare).
>
> The resulting output would list per respondent, how
> many times they selected each choice (across the 5
> variables).
>
> thanks very much -- CY
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