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Re: st: Transform unbalanced data into cross-sectional data
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Neesha Harnam <[email protected]> 
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Re: st: Transform unbalanced data into cross-sectional data 
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Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:17:50 -0400 
Hi
I'm not too clear on your question but perhaps you could transform it
from long to wide form? If I have misinterpreted your question, I
apologize.
Best,
Neesha
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Jingjing Niu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear List
>
> I have an unbalanced data and I want to transform it into
> cross-sectional data, because the drop out rate is high and I am
> interested in the cross-sectional comparison. This data includes 3
> waves, and new observations were added each year to maintain a
> reasonable sample size. Some individual were measured once out of the
> 3 waves, some twice and some three times. An simple example of the
> data is pasted below.
> person  year    income  age     sex
> 1            2003         1500  27      1
> 1            2004         1700  28      1
> 2            2003         2100  41      2
> 2            2004         2100  42      2
> 2            2005         2200  43      2
> 3            2004        3000   35      1
>
> Any comment or suggestion is appreciated! Thank you very much for your
> consideration!
> Jingjing Niu
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