> I am trying to reshape a panel data set and am sure
> there is a more efficient way than what I've tried so
> far and was hoping someone could help.
>
> Let's say I have seven variables, an "id", three
> income variables (inc80, inc81, inc82) and three
> education variables (ed80, ed81, ed82). The way I've
> been reshaping a data set like this is to perform a
> reshape, save the file, do another reshape and save
> that file, and then merge the two together by "id". Is
> there a way to reshape the entire data set in one
> step?
>
Assuming your data is in wide format you could simply...
reshape long inc ed, i(id) j(year)
HTH's
Neil
Neil Shephard
Genetics Statistician
ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
[email protected]
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"If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment" -
Ernest Rutherford
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