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Re: Migration data: number of visitors [message #25750 is a reply to message #25731] Mon, 05 December 2022 08:41 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

I see that there are 20 men who are classified as "visitor" on mv135 (mv135=2) and "always" on mv104 (mv104=95 rather than 96). This does appear to be an inconsistency. I would give priority to mv135, which is based on hv102 in the PR file. (I assume that that mv135 agrees with hv102, although I have not checked.) You should not over-write a standard variable, but I would use one or the other of the following (two lines in Stata) to make the corredtion:

gen mv104_original=mv104
replace mv104=95 if mv135==2

OR

gen mv104r=mv104
replace mv104r=95 if mv135==2

 
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