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generating a new variable [message #15440] Thu, 19 July 2018 14:21 Go to next message
lynn.alghazzi@gmail.com is currently offline  lynn.alghazzi@gmail.com
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if i am generating a new variable using egen that is the acceptance of violence by mixing the five conditions under which violence is accepted so: egen acceptance_of_violence anymatch(v744a v744b v744c v744d v744e), values(1), is this command enough or do i have to remove the missing values also? if i do, how do i deal with the missing values? and for the seeking help variable is 1 coded for seeking help and 0 not for seeking help?
Re: generating a new variable [message #15452 is a reply to message #15440] Mon, 23 July 2018 14:13 Go to previous message
Liz-DHS
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A response from Data Processing Expert, Mr. Guillermo Rojas:
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It is probably good to check first if all the intervening variables have a missing value. If that is the case the new variable should be assigned missing. If at least one of the variables have a value different of missing then use code 1 to construct the desired variable.
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