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st: creating variables using 'by' for subsets of records
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John Westbury <[email protected]>
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st: creating variables using 'by' for subsets of records
Date
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:55:25 -0600
Hello,
I have records for individuals by geographic region and wish to aggregate
the records for individuals to records for geographic regions. I believe I
should create variables for those regions using 'by'. Ex: by Region gen x =
argument for variable. I am having difficulty with arguments for variable
x. For example I wish to create a region variable that expresses a ratio of
count of indicator values for individuals in a region to a count of
individuals in the region and am unsure how to code this.
thanks
John
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