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Re: st: value weighted average
From
Maarten Buis <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: value weighted average
Date
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:39:43 +0200
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Braunfels, Philipp wrote:
> can anyone help me in calculating value weighted averages of variable X where the weights is defined by variable Y?
*------------ begin example -------------
clear
input ///
ID y x time group
1 50 1 1990 1
2 60 2 1990 1
3 70 3 1990 1
6 10 4 1990 2
end
bys group: sum x [iw=y]
*------------- end example --------------
(For more on examples I sent to the Statalist see:
http://www.maartenbuis.nl/example_faq )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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