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RE: st: Tips on working with multiple waves RAND HRS
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meenakshi beri <[email protected]>
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RE: st: Tips on working with multiple waves RAND HRS
Date
Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:03:48 -0400
Dear D. Sneijder,
What I had done while working with RAND HRS dataset was this: I had created a new variable rincome in which I had stacked income (r1income,r2income,r3income,.....) from all waves by hhidpn (ID variable) and wave. However, there might be a more efficient way to do that which I am not aware of.
Then you can calculate the mean of rincome.
Regards,
Meenakshi
Meenakshi Beri
Department of Economics
Central Michigan University
[email protected]
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> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:55:46 -0400
> Subject: st: Tips on working with multiple waves RAND HRS
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
> Dear statalist,
>
> I am currently working with a RAND HRS dataset consisting of 8 waves
> of observations. This implies that for a single variable, such as
> income, the dataset consits of 8 variables of observations, for
> instance r1income, r2income,..., r8income. This works fine when
> considering the effects seperately, i.e. if I want to calculate mean
> in wave 1 and 8, but it is a bit comprehensive when one wants to
> retrieve the mean of the full dataset.
>
> Additionally I have variables that weight the observations,
> r1wtresp,...r8wtresp. My question is whether you have some tips on how
> to calculate for instance the weighted mean of the full dataset of 8
> waves.
>
> I know that when I calculate the sample mean per wave I can use the command
> mean(r1income) [pweight = r1wtresp]
> mean(r2income) [pweight = r2wtresp]
> mean(r3income) [pweight = r3wtresp]
> .. etc
>
> But how do I do it when I want the mean of all observations (something
> like stacking all variables under eachother and then treating it as
> one variable).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> D. Sneijder
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