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Re: merging children's file and wealth index [message #6837 is a reply to message #6822]

Mon, 20 July 2015 16:26

Reduced-For(u)m
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You can use the "substring" command and simply keep all of the characters except the last one. Syntax can be found here if you are using Stata:

http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?substr()

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		merging children's file and wealth index By: avr25 on Mon, 20 July 2015 13:00
		Re: merging children's file and wealth index By: Reduced-For(u)m on Mon, 20 July 2015 16:26

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