Quang Nguyen wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> A simplified version of my data looks as follows:
>
> ID Group X
> 1 a 5
> 2 a 7
> 3 a 9
> 4 a 8
> 5 b 3
> 6 b 4
> 7 b 9
> ..........................
>
> I would like to generate a new variable whose value is the average of
> other individual in the same group as the concerned individual. For
> example, for the first individual (ID=1), this will be: (7+9+8)/3= 8.
> For the 6th individual, this will be (3+9)/2=6 and so on.
>
> I would highly appreciate if someone could suggest me a solution for
> this.
> Thanks and Have A Great Day!
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Quang
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>
Generate the sum of each group: egen sum_var = sum(X), by(group)
Subtract the X value for that Id: gen sum_less = sum_var - X
Generate a count variable by group: egen count_var = count(X), by(group)
Subtract one from count, to exclude the ID's observation: gen count_less
= count_var - 1
gen mean_X = sum_less / count_less
Ryan
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