Re: st: Group identifiers within group

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

-group()- here is a very old and very undocumented function. I would
suggest now to StataCorp, and I think I have suggested before, that
calling -group()- should be illegal except under version control.

You are confusing it with the -egen- function of the same name.

I think you seek

egen level2 = group(GroupID AnimalID Parity)

Best not to use informative variable names such as "var1".

Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com


On 7 June 2013 13:02,  <isabel.lechner@vetsuisse.unibe.ch> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to create a new variable with a group identifier, but on a 2nd level.  For the variable "GroupID" I did the following:
>
> by AnimalID:  gen GroupID = _n
>
> Is it possible to do the same but on the 2nd level (based on AnimalID AND Parity), so that I will get the values as shown in the last variable "2nd level"?
> I've tried: by TierID: gen var1 = group(par), but this doesn't seem to do the job.  Data are sorted by AnimalID and then Parity.
>
>
> AnimalID                             Parity                    GroupID              2nd level?
> CH003381451070             3                             1                             1
> CH003381451070             4                             1                             2
> CH003381451070             4                             1                             2
> CH003381462076             2                             2                             1
> CH003381462076             3                             2                             2
> CH003381462076             3                             2                             2
> CH110003099108             10                           3                             1
> CH110003099108             10                           3                             1
> CH110003099108             11                           3                             2
> CH110003099108             11                           3                             2
> CH110003099108             11                           3                             2
> CH110003099108             12                           3                             3
> CH110003099108             12                           3                             3
> CH110003099108             12                           3                             3
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Isabel
>
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