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st: Change variable
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st: Change variable
Date
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:27:00 +1000
I am using stata 11.0
How can i generate or change a variable that contains for instance, educational level or father and mother as 'Type'?
The variables are in strings format.
The reason i am asking this question is that, i want to merge these 'type' variable (var B) with other variable.
I could not do this since the second file only has variable A as individual id variable. While in the first file, it has var A and var B ('type' or level variable) as unique Id.
If anyone knows other ways besides generating the type variable before merging, I really appreciate it.
Variable a
1,2,1,1,2,3,3
Variable b(type)
A,A,B,C,B,C,A
Many thanks.
Regards,
Yun
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