Aw: Re: st: sum over variables for determinate observations

["Marie-Luise Schmitz" <querida-ise@gmx.de>]

Dear Roberto,
 
thank you for your suggestion. I used:
 
bysort province_name ateco_section: egen numero_contribuenti_2005_test = total(numero_contribuenti_2005)
by  province_name  ateco_section: keep if _n == 1
replace numero_contribuenti_2005_test=.a if numero_contribuenti_2005==.a
 
to do the task for one variable and it perfectly worked out. But the data set contains 93 numeric variables. I tried to do a foreach loop but this did not work. Any suggestion how to do this for many variables?
 
 

Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Januar 2014 um 19:01 Uhr
Von: "Roberto Ferrer" <refp16@gmail.com>
An: "Stata Help" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Betreff: Re: st: sum over variables for determinate observations
Alternatives are:

/*
Use -egen, total()-, to compute totals and keep an arbitrary observation
(here the first one).
*/

bysort provname atecosec: egen snumcontrib = total(numcontrib)
by provname atecosec: keep if _n == 1


/*
Use -sum- to compute a cumulative sum and keep the last observation
*/

bysort provname atecosec: gen snumcontrib = sum(numcontrib)
by provname atecosec: keep if _n == _N

The Stata Journal (2002)
2, Number 1, pp. 86–102
Speaking Stata: How to move step by: step
Nicholas J. Cox

is a helpful reference.

On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Roberto Ferrer <refp16@gmail.com> wrote:
> You're right, -collapse- works:
>
> *----------- begin code --------------
>
> clear all
> set more off
>
> input ///
> str20 provname provcode str2 lic str1 atecosec str1
> atecosec2002 numcontrib
> AGRIGENTO 84 AG A
> A 100
> AGRIGENTO 84 AG A
> B 50
> AGRIGENTO 84 AG B
> C 12
> AGRIGENTO 84 AG C
> D 79
> AGRIGENTO 84 AG O
> P 34
> AGRIGENTO 84 AG P
> Q 0
> AGRIGENTO 84 AG Z
> Z 1
> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL A
> A 29
> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL A
> B 12
> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL B
> C 0
> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL C
> D 5
> end
>
> list, sepby(provname)
>
> collapse (sum) numcontrib, by(provname atecosec)
>
> list, sepby(provname)
>
> *------------------- end code ------------------------
>
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Marie-Luise Schmitz
> <querida-ise@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Dear Stata Users,
>>
>> I have a data set that looks like this:
>>
>> province_name province_code_107 license_number ateco_section ateco_section2002 numero_contribuenti...
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG A A 100
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG A B 50
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG B C 12
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG C D 79
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG O P 34
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG P Q 0
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG Z Z 1
>> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL A A 29
>> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL A B 12
>> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL B C 0
>> ALESSANDRIA 6 AL C D 5
>>
>> It contains numerous numeric variables following the variable numero_contribuenti.
>> The variable ateco_section is a redefined version of the variable ateco_section2002 and shows sectors of economic activity. For instance, A = agriculture, B = fishery, etc.
>> In the redefined variable ateco_section, sectors A and B are summarzied by A.
>> However, the problem is that I want only one entry for sector A for each province that is, for numeric variables as numero_contribuenti I want the sum of previous A and B, hence:
>>
>> province_name province_code_107 license_number ateco_section numero_contribuenti .........
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG A 150
>> AGRIGENTO 84 AG B 12
>>
>>
>> I want to apply that to each province.
>> I guess this problem may be solved with collapse (sum) but I am totally lost.
>> Any help is highly appreciated.
>>
>> Marie-Luise
>>
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