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Re: Problem with dates in the Ethiopia datasets [message #16602 is a reply to message #16600] Tue, 05 February 2019 10:48 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
kcaglaya@tulane.edu is currently offline  kcaglaya@tulane.edu
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Hi Sandra,

I don't know which software you are using, but here is the Stata code I wrote to convert the dates in 2011 and 2016 Surveys;

*Convert from Ethiopian to Gregorian for 2011 and 2016

foreach y of numlist 2011 2016 {

use "`projectdir'/data/eth_`y'_raw/etkr`y'dt/ETKR`y'FL.dta", clear

*observations with exact birhtday
replace hw16=. if hw16==98 | hw16==99
gen birthday_available=hw16!=.

gen y_gregorian=.
replace y_gregorian=b2+7 if (b1>=9 & hw16>=6) | b1>9
replace y_gregorian=b2+8 if (b1==9 & hw16<6) | b1<9
gen m_gregorian=b1

gen child_birthyear=y_gregorian
gen child_birthmonth=b1
gen child_birthday=hw16

gen child_birthdate_g_days=mdy(child_birthmonth, child_birthday, child_birthyear)
gen child_birthdate_gregorian=child_birthdate_g_days
format child_birthdate_gregorian %td

*convert interview date from Ethiopian to Gregorian Calendar
gen interview_y_gregorian=.
replace interview_y_gregorian=v007+7 if (v006>=9 & v016>=6) | v006>9
replace interview_y_gregorian=v007+8 if (v006==9 & v016<6) | v006<9
gen interview_m_gregorian=v006

gen interview_year=interview_y_gregorian
gen interview_month=v006
gen interview_day=v016

gen interview_date_g_days=mdy(interview_month, interview_day, interview_year)
gen interview_date_gregorian=interview_date_g_days
format interview_date_gregorian %td

tempfile `y'_temp

save "``y'_temp'"

}

Best,

Koray
 
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