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From | "Dimitriy V. Masterov" <dvmaster@gmail.com> |
To | Statalist <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | Re: st: Re:population datasets availability and related user written programs |
Date | Wed, 29 May 2013 10:46:35 -0700 |
You can get quandl from ssc to download such data in Stata format. Instruction are here: http://www.quandl.com/help/packages/stata For example, to get annual population of US from 1950-2010 from the Penn World Tables, you would -quandl, quandlcode(PENN/USA_POP) clear- There are other health datasets for the US listed here: http://www.quandl.com/health/usa-all-health-indicators Your second question is too vague to be answerable. If you elaborate on the goals, you may get a better answer. In the mean time, definitely take a look at the Time Series manual, Introduction to Time Series Using Stata by Sean Becketti, and German Rodriguez's demography class notes (http://data.princeton.edu/eco572/). DVM On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Michael Stewart <michaelstewartresearch@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Statalist reader, > > I am trying to find options to download the population datasets (like > population is USA across years etc) from web. > > Also are there any good/must have user written programs if you are > trying to estimate conditions across time( death statistics across > years ) in USA . > > -- > Thank you , > Yours Sincerely, > Mike. > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/