That sounds a bit like propensity score matching, type -findit
propensity score- and you'll find several programs that can help you.
-- Maarten
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> Dear Stata Users,
>
> I have a quick question. I am working with two datasets. The first
> one
> (dataset "A") contains 3,500 cases, the second one (dataset "B")
> contains
> 150,000 cases.
>
> In dataset "A" variable "x" equals 1, in dataset "B" 0. For a
> pre-study, I
> would like to analyze how variable "x" influences the survival
> chances of a
> subject. Each dataset contains further variables, while the
> distribution of
> the values of these variables differs between them. For example,
> welfare can
> take values between 0 and 10. In sample "B" welfare is generally
> higher than
> in sample "A". Since I am not interested in the effect of welfare, I
> would
> like to draw a stratified sample of dataset "B" containing subjects
> with the
> similar quota of welfare than the subjects included in sample "A".
> The
> datasets contain many other variables. Therefore, I would like to
> enlarge
> this process on more than one variable.
>
> Put differently, I would like to tell Stata: "Generate a sample "C"
> based on
> the dataset "B" which holds the same proportion of variable values
> for
> "welfare", "age", "location", . as sample "A"."
>
> Finally, I would combine the stratified sample of "B" and the full
> sample of
> "A" and run a logit model.
>
> Is there a simple way of doing this in Stata? How can I generate a
> stratified sample with Stata?
>
> Thanks for your help
> Simon
>
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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