| Egypt Women's Status 1995 Cluster Number [message #25464] |
Mon, 24 October 2022 15:34  |
lhester@hamilton.edu
Messages: 1
Registered: October 2022
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Hello,
I am attempting to merge the Women's Status 1995 dataset with the Individual Recode 1995. There is no case id in the Women's Status dataset, but there is line and number. I understand that the caseid is built from the cluster number, line, and hnumber. How can I merge these datasets?
Thank you
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| Re: Egypt Women's Status 1995 Cluster Number [message #25469 is a reply to message #25464] |
Tue, 25 October 2022 09:32  |
Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3199
Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
It is easiest to do this merge using the respective variables for cluster, household, and line number. The following Stata code works for me. Good luck!
* Merge IR and WS files for Egypt 1995 DHS
* specify workspace
cd e:\DHS\DHS_data\scratch
* Prepare the WS file
use "...EGWS39FL.DTA", clear
gen cluster=psuseg
gen hh=hnumber
sort cluster hh line
save WStemp.dta, replace
* Prepare the IR file
use "...EGIR33FL.DTA", clear
* restrict to women who completed the women's status interview
tab swstatus
tab swstatus, nolabel
keep if swstatus==1
gen cluster=v001
gen hh=v002
gen line=v003
sort cluster hh line
* Merge the files
merge cluster hh line using WStemp.dta
tab _merge
* all cases merge ok
drop _merge
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