Dear all,
I using household survey data and I like to code my households according to the McClements adult equivalence scale (used in analysing income distribution). I wonder if there is a easy way to do this in Stata. My data looks like so:
Household Individual Age etc
1 1 23
1 2 8
2 1 55
2 2 etc
2
3
For the McClements scale we need a household income conversion coefficient as follows:
0.61 for adult1
0.39 for spouse
0.09 for dependent aged 0-1 year
0.18 for dependent aged 2-4 year
etc.
I will then divide the household income by that coefficient.
Can anyone help with easy way to implement this in Stata?
Many thanks.
Cindy Gao
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