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| From | Christopher Baum <kit.baum@bc.edu> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | re:st: How do I generate dummy variable for a nuclear family? |
| Date | Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:02:06 -0400 |
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I suppose it gets tricker if you want to say that, say, a single parent with kid(s) is not a nuclear family (is it? I don't know), but how about
// rule out singletons
bys hhid: g fam = _N > 1
egen maxrel = max(ar02), by(hhid)
g nuke = maxrel < 5 & fam
Kit
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