st: reshape more than one variable

[Daniel Exeter <d.exeter@auckland.ac.nz>]

Hi there

I have the code 

Foreach geog  in county region {
Foreach oc in heart stroke {
Foreach s in gender age ses {

*do stuff and create variables "pr uci lci pop"

Reshape wide uci lci pr pop ,  i(`geog') j(`s')
}
}
}

Which works fine, but I am struggling to do more than one variable for the reshape. 


For example, how could I get  a reshape to work for 
Outcomes by `geog' `s' and `var2'  
Or indeed 
Outcomes by `geog' `s'  `var2' and 'var3'


The code below:


Foreach geog  in county region {
Foreach oc in heart stroke {
Foreach s in gender age {
Foreach var2 in ses dep ethnicity {

*do stuff and create variables "pr uci lci pop"

Reshape wide uci lci pr pop,  i(`geog') j(`s' `var2')
}
}
}
}


Returns the error: 
Ses is not unique within county;
There are multiple observations  at the same ses within county;
... 

Any ideas how to overcome this would be fantastic,

Thanks in advance. 

Cheers
Dan

 

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