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Re: st: merging datasets


From   Χρυσούλα Γιαννικοπούλου <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: merging datasets
Date   Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:41:58 +0200

Dear Neil,

just to tell you that bvdep_id_mother is the same in "A.dta"

Thanks again,

Chrysa

2010/8/18 Neil Shephard <[email protected]>:
> 2010/8/18 Χρυσούλα Γιαννικοπούλου <[email protected]>:
>> Hello Statalist,
>>
>> I am facing with a problem in merging 2 different datasets. I let you
>> know that I use Stata 11.
>>
>> Both of the datasets have 13  variables each.
>>
>> I would like to merge them according to the variable "bvdep_id_mother" .
>>
>> For example, data look like:
>>
>> Dataset A
>> bvdep_id                bvdep_id_mother     company_name
>>          country              Year      ........
>>
>> ESA58527060        ESA08685471        TREFILERIAS QUIJANO SA        ES
>>                   1998
>>
>> ESB08674384        ESA08685471        BARNA CONSHIPPING S.L.       ES
>>                  2000
>>
>> ESB61477196       ESA08685471         BARNA  SA
>>         ES                  2005
>>
>> ESA58527060        ESA08685471        TREFILERIAS QUIJANO SA        ES
>>                  2003
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> For this dataset the bvdep_id_mother is the same for all observations.
>>
>> Dataset B
>> bvdep_id(targetbvdepidnumber)
>> bvdep_id_mother(acquirorbvdepidnumber)   dealvalue
>>  country ........
>>
>> EE10366713                                           ESA08685471
>>                                   31818.2                         ES
>>
>>
>> NO936796702                                            1851.9
>>                NO
>> US78-689-8726
>> NO964052131                                         IT28965
>>                                        15584.89
>> IT
>> .
>> .
>> .
>>
>> Here, bvdep_id_mother is named acquirorbvdepidnumber and differs
>> accross obsarvations.
>>
>>
>> I tried this:
>>
>> **************************************************************************************
>>
>> set mem 500m
>>
>> use "B.dta"
>>
>> rename  acquirorbvdepidnumber bvdep_id_mother
>>
>> sort bvdep_id_mother
>>
>> save  "B.dta"
>>
>> clear
>>
>> set mem 500m
>>
>> use "A.dta"
>>
>> sort bvdep_id_mother
>>
>> merge 1:m bvdep_id using "B.dta"
>>
>> *********************************************************************************
>>
>> Finally, I have the error message:
>> *************
>> variable bvdep_id does not uniquely identify observations in the master data
>> r(459);
>>
>> *************
>>
>>
>> I have the same problem even if I give the command merge m:1 or even
>> if I use as master dataset the "b.dta"
>>
>>
>> Could you help me please? What do I do in a wrong way?
>>
>
> You're trying to merge on bvdep_id and not the bvdep_id_mother that
> you stated you wanted to merge on. Also, as you state there are
> multiple observations based on bvdep_id_mother in A.dta and that the
> variable is unique in B then you would want to do an 'm:1' merge.
>
> Neil
>
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