Re: st: Matching samples in Stata

[David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net>]

At 10:08 AM 10/1/2012, Paula Arce wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am interested in comparing medical students vs. other students on 
> a number of measures from a survey study.  The medical student 
> subgroup accounts for 12% of the total sample.
>
> I would, therefore, like to match the medical students with a 
> sub-group of the other students based on socio-demographic 
> variables  - so that the two samples are more similar in size.
>
> How can I achieve this in Stata? is there a matching command/macro I 
> can download and use?  Has anyone done anything similar and can 
> share some tips?
>
> Many thanks,
> Paula

In addition to psmatch2, as was suggested, you may check out mahapick 
(on SSC) and its several component programs.
HTH
--David

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