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| From | Dianne Devine <dianne.devine20@btinternet.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: how to merge datasets |
| Date | Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:26:07 +0000 |
Thank you Christina for your help and advice! Kind regards Dianne On 27 Jan 2014, at 15:26, Christina Wei <christinaw1211@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dianne, make sure all the datasets you have are in the same format > (e.g. wide vs long), and that there are no duplicates, especially if > you are dealing with administrative datasets. > > Here is a tutorial on dataset merging that you may find helpful: > http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/modules/combine.htm > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Dianne Devine > <dianne.devine20@btinternet.com> wrote: >> Thank you very much Anthony I will do this. >> >> Kind regards >> Dianne >> >> On 27 Jan 2014, at 15:10, Thomas, Anthony <anthony_h_thomas@brown.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi Dianne, >>> >>> Try looking at the "merge" section in the Stata manual. It is very >>> helpful and has several examples. You can find this online or by >>> typing "help merge" in the command window which should include a link >>> to the manual entry. >>> >>> Anthony >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Dianne Devine >>> <dianne.devine20@btinternet.com> wrote: >>>> Dear Statalist >>>> >>>> I have 5 datasets downloaded from NHANES 2009-2010 and I would like to merge these please. I am a stata novice and would be most grateful for any help given. >>>> >>>> 1. Demographic >>>> 2. Income >>>> 3. Occupation >>>> 4. Sexual Behaviour >>>> 5. Oral HPV >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance >>>> Dianne >>>> * >>>> * 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/ > * > * 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/