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AW: AW: st: How to count switches ?


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   AW: AW: st: How to count switches ?
Date   Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:23:06 +0200

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Thanks for the flowers! 

BTW, it seems you have not turned off your signature consistently, and got lucky, as the server has not stopped you from posting...



HTH
Martin


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Ignacio Martinez
Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. Juni 2010 14:20
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: AW: st: How to count switches ?

You are awesome!!!! Thanks a lot.

-Ignacio

On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 13:56 +0200, Martin Weiss wrote:
> <> 
> 
> 
> " When I do "expand 2, gen(id)"
> I get the error "option gen() not allowed" (I'm have stata 10)."
> 
> 
> Sorry about that! Indeed -expand- lacked the -gen()- option back then, but you can replicate its effect:
> 
> 
> 
> *************
> vers 10
> 
> clear*
> set obs 25
> gen byte time=_n
> expand 2
> gen byte id=(_n>`=_N/2')+1
> gen byte myvar=runiform()<.7
> tsset id time
> tsspell myvar
> l, noo sepby(id) h(25)
> 
> bys id: gen byte tag=_n==_N
> egen mytotal=total(tag*_spell)
> 
> di in r "Overall # of spells: " mytotal[_N]
> *************
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> " Another tiny question. I have half a millon observation over 10 years. I
> would like to know how many individuals i have in my data, that is  how
> many unique id . How do i do that?"
> 
> 
> 
> Add this to the end of the code:
> 
> *************
> egen mygroups=group(id)
> su mygroups, mean
> di in r "I have `r(max)' groups in my data"
> *************
> 
> Also see NJC and coauthor`s http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/distinct.html
> 
> 
> HTH
> Martin
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Ignacio Martinez
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. Juni 2010 13:39
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: RE: st: How to count switches ?
> 
> I'm almost there :-).
> 
> In your example I'm having a tiny problem. When I do "expand 2, gen(id)"
> I get the error "option gen() not allowed" (I'm have stata 10).
> 
> Another tiny question. I have half a millon observation over 10 years. I
> would like to know how many individuals i have in my data, that is  how
> many unique id . How do i do that?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Ignacio
> 
> On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 11:33 +0200, Martin Weiss wrote:
> > <>
> > 
> > With a panelvar present, -ssc d tsspell- reports the _spell variable as within the panelvar. I have added two lines at the end to let you report the overall number:
> > 
> > ***********
> > clear*
> > set obs 25
> > gen byte time=_n
> > expand 2, gen(id)
> > gen byte myvar=runiform()<.7
> > tsset id time
> > tsspell myvar
> > l, noo sepby(id)
> > 
> > bys id: gen byte tag=_n==_N
> > egen mytotal=total(tag*_spell)
> > 
> > di in r "Overall # of spells: " mytotal[_N]
> > ***********
> > 
> > 
> > HTH
> > Martin
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ignacio Martinez
> > Sent: Sonntag, 27. Juni 2010 01:06
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: st: How to count switches ?
> > 
> > Thanks!!
> > Now I understand much better what is going on. Only one more question.
> > 
> > Your example is for  only one individual. I have a panel and what I want
> > is the sum of the switches across individuals. So if individual A switch
> > between employed and unemployed 2 times and individual B switch 3 times
> > I want to get 5 as my result. How do you do that? If i do 
> > 
> > > su _spell, mean
> > > di in r "# of spells: " r(max)
> > 
> > I get 3 instead of 5 :-( .
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for helping me.
> > 
> > -Ignacio
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 00:38 +0200, Martin Weiss wrote:
> > > <>
> > > 
> > > So -ssc d tsspell- is user-written by Nick Cox.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Try a simple example, and the meaning becomes clear. Everytime your variable changes, _spell is stepped up. So its maximum should be what you want:
> > > 
> > > ***********
> > > clear*
> > > set obs 25
> > > set seed 12543
> > > gen byte time=_n
> > > gen byte myvar=runiform()<.7
> > > tsset time
> > > tsspell myvar
> > > l, noo sepby(_spell)
> > > su _spell, mean
> > > di in r "# of spells: " r(max)
> > > ***********
> > > 
> > > 
> > > BTW, no attachments on Statalist...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > HTH
> > > Martin
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ignacio Martinez
> > > Sent: Sonntag, 27. Juni 2010 00:26
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: st: How to count switches ?
> > > 
> > > Thanks a lot for the help. I need a little more help.
> > > I installed tsspell. When I do "tsspell status" it generates 3 new
> > > variables _spell, _seq, _end .
> > > I'm confuse about how can i get the total number of switches in my data
> > > set by using those variables.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > 
> > > -Ignacio
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 15:25 -0400, Dmitriy Krichevskiy wrote:
> > > > There is -tsspell- that does this. (-findit tsspell-).
> > > > 
> > > > On 6/26/10, Ignacio Martinez <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Hi I'm new in the list and I hope someone can help me.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to know how can I count switches in stata. I have the
> > > > > following variables: Year, ID, Employment status
> > > > > I want to generate a variable that ==1 if employment status in year t !=
> > > > > to employment status in year t-1 for each individual.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks a lot for the help.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Ignacio
> > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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