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Lots of MISSING VALUES FOR several of the individulas.
Can someone let me know what Im doing wrong? How can I add variables
for each of the individuals?
Look at the data on your merge variable, Governorate, In the indiv
dataset it ranges from 1-18. In the area dataset it ranges from 11-35.
Obviously with a merge all those individuals with 1-10 values will not
be matched. You should ALWAYS examine the _merge variable after a
merge and think about what it is telling you. In this case it would
identify cases = 1 (only in indiv dataset) and cases = 2 (only in gov.
dataset -- potentially not a problem if the individuals only come from
part of the country) as well as cases = 3 (merged).
The fact that there are 18 distinct values of Governorate in the area
file suggests that you might need to recode the values in the indiv.
dataset.
Kit Baum | Boston College Economics & DIW Berlin | http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
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