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Re: st: Is there a command for picking off the lowest values of an Identified group?
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Ian Breunig <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Is there a command for picking off the lowest values of an Identified group?
Date
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:50:55 -0600
Whoops, even though it doesn't matter, I meant that I used - contract
- not -collapse -
Ian
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Ian Breunig <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to find the age of the mother's youngest child.
>
> If, for example, I have data as follows:
>
> Mother ID: Child ID: Child Age:
>
> 1 a 1
> 1 b 2
> 1 c 3
> 1 d 4
> 2 e 10
> 2 f 10
> 2 g 12
> 3 h 5
> 3 i 7
>
> Is there a simple command to tell me the youngest age for every Mother
> ID or do I have to use a do loop and if statement to do this? If so
> can anyone help me out with the most efficient way to code the do
> loop.
>
> I have used - collapse - and an if statement to count children under a
> specified age before but I can't seem to find a command to do what I
> want above.
>
> Thanks ahead of time if you can help!
>
> Ian
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