--- Michael McCulloch <[email protected]> wrote:
> what if you wanted to add a second level of selection, for example
> only children during 1996?
> Can the command
> gen byte touse96 = yearfile == "1996"
> be written like this:?
> gen byte touse96 = yearfile == "1996" & child==1
Yes, more on this can be found here:
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/trueorfalse.html
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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