Re: st: Generating dummy variable with information of household survey from different observations

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

For a lengthy discussion of such problems, see

FAQ     . . Creating variables recording prop. of the other members of a group
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        4/05    How do I create variables summarizing for each
                individual properties of the other members of a
                group?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/members.html

and also

FAQ     . . Creating variables recording whether any or all possess some char.
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        2/03    How do I create a variable recording whether any
                members of a group (or all members of a group)
                possess some characteristic?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/anyall.html

You need to loop over all the individuals in each family. That will be
a loop over all the individuals, but can be specified in terms of
-individual_id-

clear
inp household_id   individual_id   father_row
  1011     1    .
  1011     2    .
  1011     3    1
  1011     4    1

  1012     1     2
  1012     2     .

  1013      1    .
  1013      2    .
  1013      3    2
  1013      4    1
  1013      5    1
  end

gen father = 0
su individual_id, meanonly
qui forval i = 1/`r(max)' {
	egen work = max(father_row == `i'), by(household_id)
	replace father = 1 if individual_id == `i' & work == 1
	drop work
}
l

Nick

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Sumiko Hayasaka <sumi.hayasaka@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Eric!
>
> Everything works out until I get to the "foreach" command. It says the
> expression is too long [r(130)]. What should I do?

 On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Eric Booth <eric.a.booth@gmail.com> wrote:

>> clear
>> inp household_id   individual_id   father_row
>>  1011     1    .
>>  1011     2    .
>>  1011     3    1
>>  1011     4    1
>>
>>  1012     1     2
>>  1012     2     .
>>
>>  1013      1    .
>>  1013      2    .
>>  1013      3    2
>>  1013      4    1
>>  1013      5    1
>>  end
>>
>>
>> levelsof individual_id, loc(a)
>> reshape wide father_row, i(household_id) j(individual_id)
>> ds father_row*
>> loc checklist `r(varlist)'
>> loc checklist:subinstr loc checklist " " ", " , all
>> foreach n in `a' {
>>         g father`n' = cond(inlist(`n', `checklist'), 1, 0, .)
>>        }
>> reshape long father_row father, i(household_id) j(individual_id)
>>

On May 6, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Sumiko Hayasaka wrote:

>>> I am trying to generate a dummy variable, with information from a
>>> household survey, which can tell if a member of the household is a
>>> father or not. I have a household id, an individual id (per
>>> household), and a variable that tells me which individual id is marked
>>> as being a father (members of the family are asked if their father
>>> lives in the household and to give their father's individual id).
>>> Therefore, I need to assign a 1 at the row in which someone at the
>>> household said that was a father. To illustrate this, the data is
>>> something like this (I am trying to get the "father" variable):
>>>
>>> household_id   individual_id   father_row   father
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>  1011                 1                      .                1
>>>  1011                 2                      .                0
>>>  1011                 3                      1               0
>>>  1011                 4                      1               0
>>>
>>>  1012                 1                       2               0
>>>  1012                 2                       .                1
>>>
>>>  1013                  1                      .                1
>>>  1013                  2                      .                1
>>>  1013                  3                      2               0
>>>  1013                  4                      1               0
>>>  1013                  5                      1               0
>>>
>>>
>>> So, for example, members number 3 and 4 of household number 1011
>>> stated that their father is individual number 1 in that household.
>>> This means that I have to put the 1 of "father" (meaning the household
>>> member is a father) at the row where father_row indicates (no matter
>>> how many times this is done).
>>>

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