st: Mixed Model for Couples

[jasonm@ucla.edu]

I'm interested in creating a mixed model with two predictors (x and y)  
and dependent variable (z).
My data has couples (males and females).
Would the mixed model look like this:
xtmixed z x y || couple: gender
Thanks.
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