Re: st: dealing with income range

[Rose Medeiros <rosem@cisunix.unh.edu>]

for different periods, it was coded so that they are equivalent. That 
is, according to your diagram, income = 1 if <2,500 per year, <200 per 
month, or <50 per week. Note that these categories are roughly 
equivalent 50*4=200, 200*12=2400. As Nick said, you can just use three 
sets of value labels, depending on whether you want to report income per 
week, per month, or per year.
HTH,
Rose

Nirina M. wrote:


> Hello,
>
> My data on income is reported in messy way: AND I
> WOULD LIKE TO GET THE INCOME IN THE SAME WAY, FOR
> EXAMPLE ALL INCOME WOULD BE PER YEAR OR PER MONTH OR
> PER DAY. 
> HOW DO I DO THIS?
>
> I have:" income" variable
> codes     Average per year     Average per month   
> Average per week
> 1             <2,500                       < 200      
>                    <50
> 2            2,500- 3,750              200-300        
>               50-70
> 3           3,750 -5000                300-400        
>               70-100
> 4           >5000                          >400       
>                      >100
>
> and then I have "incomereport" variable which says:
> codes       label
> 1            income reported was per WEEK
> 2            income reported was per MONTH
> 3            income reported was per YEAR
>
>
>
>
>
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