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From | Peter Gambrill <shortmoneyconspiracy@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | st: Breadwinner variable |
Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:03:18 +0000 |
I have data like this Wave Individual Spouse Earnings Difference 1 101 102 x1 x1-y1 2 101 102 x2 x2-y2 3 101 102 x3 x3-y3 1 102 101 y1 y1-x1 2 102 101 y2 y2-x2 3 102 101 y3 y3-x3 I need to create a variable that shows how much more or less one individual (101) in the couple earns compared to the other individual (102). Is there anyway of doing this? Something like the variable "Difference" above Also for each couple they don't always have observations for the same number of waves as each other or as the next couple in the data. Peter Gambrill UG University of Warwick , UK * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/