Re: st: "covariates in dataset 2 do not match covariates in dataset1"

[Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- On Mon, 15/3/10, Michelle L Stransky wrote:
> I'm working with a multiply imputed dataset (so I have 5
> poverty variables to account for missing values).  I
> used the -reshape long- command to make each imputed
> variable it's own case (so now, for each case, I have it
> listed 5 times each with 1 imputation of income).

Getting the format right using -reshape is not that easy. 
You could use -mimstack- to take care of that. You can 
install it by typing in Stata: -ssc install mimstack-.

There are also discussions of -mimstack- in John B. Carlin,
John C. Galati and Patrick Royston (2008) "A new framework 
for managing and analyzing multiply imputed data in Stata"
The Stata Journal, 8(1): 49--67
http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0139

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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