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Martin
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Gesendet: Freitag, 7. August 2009 12:54
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Betreff: st: Transforming a decimal number into hours and minutes
Hi listers,
I am working with a survey dataset. The individuals have all been asked to
report how much time they have spent on a specific activity. The answers are
recorded in the dataset as a numeric variable the provided answers are
integers (hours worked).
I want to assign conditional means to the individuals who have not answered
the hour question. Calculating the means leads to a decimal number and
therefore I need to transform the decimal-part into minutes. Since Statas
date function only work with strings and a decimal number cannot be turned
in to a string I am not sure how I can solve it.
Code:
bysort edu: egen hoursA=mean(hours)
replace hours=hoursA if hours ==. & active == 1
Example.
I need to turn 3.89 into 3.53
All thoughts are much appreciated.
Best,
Peer.
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