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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Average of previous years |
| Date | Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:19:48 +0100 |
Suppose you have -tsset- your data. Then this is gen y = (L1.x + L2.x + L3.x + L4.x + L5.x) Nick On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:29 PM, emanuele mazzini <madsoenistata@gmail.com> wrote: > > i do have the following problem in generating a new variable: I need > to generate a variable which takes the value of the average values of > the five preceding years of another variable that I have in my > dataset. > In other words, supposing my new variable is y at time t, I need that > its value is equal to the average of another variable (say x) from t-1 > to t-5. > > Since I am just beginning in using Stata anyone knows how can I deal > with this or find any help? * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/