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Re: st: longitudinal data
From
Eric Booth <[email protected]>
To
"<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: longitudinal data
Date
Sun, 5 Jun 2011 02:42:48 +0000
<>
bys visit: egen everdead = max(died)
- Eric
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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
[email protected]
On Jun 4, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Tina Hernandez-Boussard wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have longitudinal data and I would like to flag a person as dead, =
> although this information is only contained in their last observation
>
> I have created a count of the number of observations for a unique id
>
> by visit: gen time =3D _n
>
> this is what I am trying, but I am not getting correct results:
>
> by visit : gen dead =3D 1 if died =3D=3D 1
>
> I would like to have the flag dead=3D1 for all the rows of data for this =
> person, even though they do not die until _n =3D=3D 5
>
> This is only capture the visit they died, and not all of their visits.
>
> Any help???
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tina
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