> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Mustillo [mailto:[email protected]]
> I have a longitudinal data set in long form with annual obs
> > for 6 years on 1450 kids. I am trying to create a
> cumulative variable
> such that the
> > value for age 10 is the sum of the values at age 9 and age
> 10, the value
> for age 11 is
> > the sum of the value for 9, 10, & 11 and so on. I can figure out
> > how to do this in wide form, but I am going to have to
> repeat it for
> about 50
> > different variables. It would be much easier if I could
> just keep the
> > data in long form. I experimented with _n, and by id age, but
> > couldn't get what I wanted (e.g., for age 11 I could get
> the sum of age
> 10 (_n-1) and
> > age 11, but not age 9, 10, &11).
I think that you want:
. bysort id (age): generate cum = sum(<varname>)
Then to do this for lots of variables:
. foreach var of varlist a b c {
. bysort id (age): generate cum_`var' = sum(`var')
. }
where you replace "a b c" with your variable list...
Nick Winter
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