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Re: st: data manipulation help


From   "Dev Vencappa" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: data manipulation help
Date   Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:15:52 +0100

>>
>>
Yumin,
 You may probably want to have a look at the reshape command in stata (help reshape) and the link to the FAQ on this on the Stata website:

  http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/reshape3.html 


Dev



>>> [email protected] 13/08/2004 00:34:50 >>>
Dear all, 

I have been trying to save data from World Development
Indicators (WDI, online) into a cross-section
time-series format. The original data look like the
following

Country	Variable Name	1960	1961	�	2002
Afghanistan	Aid	X	X	�	X
Afghanistan	Population	X	X	�X 
�	�	�	�	�	�
�	�	�	�	�	�
Afghanistan	Wage	X	X	�	X
Albania	 Aid		X	X        �	X
Albania	Population	X	X	�	X
�	�	�	�	�	�
�	�	�	�	�	�
Albania	Wage	X	X	�	X

The ideal format I would like to have would be:

Country	Aid	Population	�	�	Wage
Afghanistan	1960	X	X	�	X
Afghanistan	1961	X	X	�	X
�	�	�	�	�	�
�	�	�	�	�	�
Afghanistan	2002	X	X	�	X
Albania	1960	X	X	�	X
Albania	1961	X	X	�	X
�	�	�	�	�	�
�	�	�	�	�	�
Albania	2002	X	X	�	X
�	�	�	�	�	�
China	1960	X	X	�	X
China	1961	X	X	�	X
�	�	�	�	�	�
�	�	�	�	�	�
China	2002	X	X	�	X

The problem is that some countries have data on more
variables than do other countries. Any kindly
suggestion on how to execute the data manipulation
trick in stata or on how to save WDI online properly
would be tremendously appreciated. Many thanks!

Best,
Yumin



		
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