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st: Re: from variable names to values
From
Katie Wilson <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: Re: from variable names to values
Date
Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:33:17 -0700
Hi all,
I have a data set with 41 variables: a unique identifier and then 40
variables containing population size. I got the minimum poplation of
all forty just using egen minpop=rowmin(area1-area40). Now I need to
create a new variable which has a code for the area with the smallest
population, ideally the value would be the same as the variable name
for the area. The problem I run into, of course, is that STATA never
captures a variable name, only its own value.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Katie
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