st: Re: tscollap

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Dear Michael

tscollap is not really well suited to this, but there is an easy way  
to do it.

egen quinquen=fill(1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2)
collapse (variables/statistics of interest), by(quinquen)

Cheers
Kit

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html


On Feb 10, 2006, at 6:22 AM, mmoore wrote:


> Hi, Chris,
>
> I’m using a cross country panel data set for a pension/life  
> expectancy study. Stata has the procedures that I need. However,  I  
> have annual data which I want to convert to five yearly data.  Is  
> there any way, tscollap  could be adapted to assist me?
>
> Michael
>
>
> Michael Moore
>
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