st: Creating new variables for parent groups in a joint family

["Tanu Kohli" <tkohli@andromeda.rutgers.edu>]

Hello,

I have a dataset that contains information on joint families and is coded and
arranged in the following way-

HHID Relation to the Head        Relation code       Education
1        Self                              1             3
1        Spouse of head                    2             1
1        Married Child 1                   3             10
1        Spouse of married child 1         4             7
1        Grandchild 1                      6             3
1        Grandchild 2                      6             2
1        Married child 2                   3             12
1        Spouse of married child 2         4             13
1        Grandchild 3                      6             1

I want to seperate education of married child 1 and spouse of married child 1 as
new variables corresponding with their children's education (grandchild 1 and
grandchild 2). Similarly, I want new variables for education of married child 2 and
his spouse corresponding with their child (grandchild 3).

How can I do this STATA so that I have only 1 observation for household 1 and rest
information as new variables?


Sincerely,
Tanu Kohli
Division of Global Affairs/ Dept of Economics
Rutgers University
Newark



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