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Re: st: How can I merge two datasets with multiple unique identifiers?
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Ulrich Kohler <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How can I merge two datasets with multiple unique identifiers?
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Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:40:54 +0100
. merge 1:m country year using politynew
Am Donnerstag, den 20.01.2011, 10:32 -0500 schrieb Qursum Qasim:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to merge two datasets using the country and year variables
> but one of the datasets also has a unique id for each observation.
> When I try to merge using the command:
> merge 1:1 country year using politynew
>
> I get the error:
> variables country year do not uniquely identify observations in the using data
>
> What can I do to merge the two datasets without eliminating the unique
> id from the using dataset?
> Thanks!!
>
> Best,
> Qursum Qasim
>
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