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Re: Next IPUMS-DHS Release [message #17637 is a reply to message #17631] Wed, 01 May 2019 14:31 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Yawo is currently offline  Yawo
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Thanks very much, Miriam: I understand your constraints and I am looking forward to your next release.

But I have a question about the appending process.

When I append multiple rounds/surveys, all my value labels are messed up. For example, the "region" variable seemed to include only the value labels from the last data appended. So, if country A has regions 1 2 3, and country B has regions 3 4 5, I would expect the appended data to include all 6 regions. But in my case, only regions 3 4 5 are populated.

Do you have any hints, strategies to synchronize the value labels, given your experience?

Than, Yawo
 
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