Hi everybody,
I understand that Stata can read ASCII files with multiple lines per
observations (using infix) as long as each observation has exactly the
same number of lines (using lines #).
In my dataset, the number of lines varies from observation to
observation. Im providing an example of how my raw data looks like
below. For each observation therere 3 pieces of information:
1.Household level data (84 characters long, in line 1)
2.Indicator of number of person-level records per household (4
characters long, in line 2)
3.Person level data (25 characters long, in lines 3+)
How can I tell Stata to take into account the variability in the number
of lines per observation?
Example of data structure:
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000010011800111 1140471504000000000 000001171993
4
0000005237208080100000000
0000005237249501000000000
0000005237257601100000000
0000005237309120100000000
000010011800111 1140471504000000000 000001171993
2
0000005237208080100000000
0000005237309120100000000
000010011800111 1140471504000000000 000001171993
3
0000005237208080100000000
0000005237257601100000000
0000005237309120100000000
000010011800111 1140471504000000000 000001171993
8
0000005237208080100000000
0000005237249501000000000
0000005237257601100000000
0000005237309120100000000
0000005237208080100000000
0000005237249501000000000
0000005237257601100000000
0000005237309120100000000
....etc
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I really appreciate your suggestions on how to handle this dataset!
Carolina
Carolina Casas-Cordero
PhD(c)
The Joint Program of Survey Methodology
University of Maryland, College Park
Phone: (301) 314-7955
Fax: (301) 314-7912
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