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Re: st: variable containing proportions of another variable
From
Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: variable containing proportions of another variable
Date
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:37:16 -0600
clear
input pid hid X proportion
1 1 0 0
2 1 0 0
3 1 0 0
4 2 1 0
5 2 0 1
6 3 0 1
7 3 1 0.66
8 3 1 0.66
9 3 1 0.66
10 4 0 0.4
11 4 0 0.4
12 4 0 0.4
13 4 1 0.2
14 4 1 0.2
15 4 0 0.4
end
egen total = total(X), by(hid)
bys hi: gen proportion2 = (total-X)/(_N-1)
drop total
l
Scott
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Manos Mentzakis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Apologies for the uninformative subject line but I couldnt think of a
> way to easily describe my problem. I d like to create a variable that
> takes as values the proportion of ones of another variable X when the
> line under consideration is excluded. Specifically, I d like to have
> the proportion of smokers in the household other than the individual
> under consideration. Below is a table where proportion is the variable
> I d like. pid is individual identifier, hid is household identifier, X
> is an indicator with 1 if smoker 0 otherwise.
>
> pid hid X proportion
> 1 1 0 0
> 2 1 0 0
> 3 1 0 0
> 4 2 1 0
> 5 2 0 1
> 6 3 0 1
> 7 3 1 0.66
> 8 3 1 0.66
> 9 3 1 0.66
> 10 4 0 0.4
> 11 4 0 0.4
> 12 4 0 0.4
> 13 4 1 0.2
> 14 4 1 0.2
> 15 4 0 0.4
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Manos
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