This territory is often called "multiple responses".
. search multiple responses
in Stata yields (e.g.)
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dealing with multiple responses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox and U. Kohler
4/05 How do I deal with multiple responses?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/multresp.html
SJ-5-1 st0082 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tabulation of multiple responses
(help _mrsvmat, mrgraph, mrtab if installed) . . . . . . . . B. Jann
Q1/05 SJ 5(1):92--122
introduces new commands for the computation of one- and
two-way tables of multiple responses
SJ-3-1 pr0008 Speaking Stata: On structure & shape: the case of mult. resp.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox & U. Kohler
Q1/03 SJ 3(1):81--99 (no commands)
discussion of data manipulations for multiple response data
Nick
[email protected]
Friedrich Huebler
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)
Vargas Naranjo Isaac Alonso
> 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.
Chao Yawo
> 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).
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
