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Joana should replace my earlier line
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bys fam: egen over18=/*
*/ total(memberage>=18)
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by
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bys fam: egen over18=/*
*/ total(memberage>=18 & memberage<.)
*************
I sought refuge in the statement in the help that missing values count as
zero for this -egen- function, but the -expression- in the parantheses is
never missing although the -memberage- being compared may be... So I have to
check explicitly...
HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. Juli 2009 12:38
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Betreff: st: RE: count in matched family-individuals file
This sounds like
egen nadults = total(age >= 18 & age < .), by(IDhousehold)
-egen- as I recall is not even mentioned in [U], but there's a help
page.
The Data Management FAQs on www.stata.com are fairly dense with nearby
examples.
Nick
[email protected]
Joana Estata
I matched 2 files, one of households and other of individuals of each
household.
Now I have a file where the characteristics of each household are
associated with each individuals.
I want:
(a) to create a variable which count how many adults (18+) exist in
each household . Observations are individuals, so it means how many
times the same IDhousehold appears associated with an individual with
18 years old or upper.
(b) add the variable obtained in (a) to the household characteristics
(number of adults per household will be add to other characteristics
as size or income).
I have User Guide STATA Release 9, junt send me to a page.
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