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Understanding variables with _01, _02, etc. [message #9903]

Sat, 04 June 2016 18:11

SonjaMM
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Registered: June 2016
Location: NJ

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Hello,
I'm looking at the Zimbabwe datasets in SAS and just as an example the variable HML32 = Final result of malaria from blood smear test. So far this seems easy enough for me to understand, but my problem is that in the dataset I see the variable HML32_01, HML32_02, all the way up to HML32_24 and this occurs with multiple variables and a lot of times there are 24 variations of the "same" variable.
Could someone explain to me what the difference or meaning of _01, _02, _03, etc. means. Is it the same test done at a different time, different person, same person different time? Also can I just combine all the variables HML32 to make one variable instead of 24 variables?

I would greatly appreciate any guidance on this matter. Is there something written about this somewhere that I am missing?

Thanks.

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		Understanding variables with _01, _02, etc. By: SonjaMM on Sat, 04 June 2016 18:11
		Re: Understanding variables with _01, _02, etc. By: Reduced-For(u)m on Sat, 04 June 2016 18:19
		Re: Understanding variables with _01, _02, etc. By: SonjaMM on Sat, 04 June 2016 18:30
		Re: Understanding variables with _01, _02, etc. By: Reduced-For(u)m on Sun, 05 June 2016 19:30

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