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st: How to extract and recode variables in a multiple member household survey


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To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: How to extract and recode variables in a multiple member household survey
Date   Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:02:32 -0500

Dear Statalisters,

I have the following problem.  I am working with a household survey
and I need to separate the information of the mother.  I have a set
of variables recording a set of characteristics for each household
member. For instance, variable S_i (where i=1,�,46) records the sex
of the ith member. Variable A_i records the age of the ith member
and so on.  I also have a variable that takes the value of i for
the mother in the household.

My dataset looks like this:

ID   Mom   S_1   A_1   S_2   A_2   S_3   A_3�   S_46   A_46
1	2   M     24	  F	22	F    12	     M  	67
2	1   F	   29	  M	32	M     8	     .	       .
3	46  F	   76    M	75	F    46	     F	       41
.
.

What I need is to identify the mother in each row and create a set
of separate variables for her  (i.e. MS, MA), while at the same
time deleting the original mother observation from the original
data set of variables (shown below).


ID  Mom  S_1   A_1   S_2   A_2   S_3   A_3�   S_46   A_46   MS	MA
1   2	   M	 24	.	.     F    12	    M	    67	   F	22
2   1	   .	  .	M     32     M     8     .	     .    F	29
3  46	   F	 76	M     75     F    46	    .	     .    F	41

 Any tips or suggestions on how to do this are greatly appreciated.
I�ve tried a couple of things using the forvalues command and
searched the FAQ�s but I �m not heading in the right direction.

Many thanks,

Regina Almeyda-Duran




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