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From | Michael Stewart <michaelstewartresearch@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 19:37:38 -0400 |
Hi Sergiy, Thanks alot. How do I get these datasets to stata format Thanks MIke On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <serjradyakin@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael, > World Bank data might also be of use, for example: > > -- population of USA in 1960: > http://api.worldbank.org/countries/usa/indicators/SP.POP.TOTL?date=1960 > > -- population of Ukraine in 1991-2010 > http://api.worldbank.org/countries/ukr/indicators/SP.POP.TOTL?date=1991:2010 > > -- female population of Australia as percent of male population in 1961-2010 > http://api.worldbank.org/countries/aus/indicators/SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS?date=1961:2010 > > etc. > > Dictionary of indicators and country codes are available from: > data.worldbank.org > > API description is here: > http://data.worldbank.org/node/11 > > Best, Sergiy Radyakin > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Dimitriy V. Masterov > <dvmaster@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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/ > * > * 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/ -- 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/