Hello,
Do you have a suggestion as to the best way to move open-ended text answers for education into a defined category?
For example, I have two respondents who chose "other" and typed in "Business College" and "Johnson Business /Secretarial School"
- upon investigation of these two answers, they should be coded into the 4th category of my educ var (vocational)
I generated a new educ var
gen educ=EDUC
then replaced:
replace educ = EDUC[4] if EDUC_TEXT=="Business College" // ** this coded the respondent into my 6th educ category and not my 4th educ category **
Can anyone direct me how to do this? I am unsure what the "EDUC[4]" portion of my syntax is supposed to and I can't find anything about it.
Thank you!
Do you have a suggestion as to the best way to move open-ended text answers for education into a defined category?
For example, I have two respondents who chose "other" and typed in "Business College" and "Johnson Business /Secretarial School"
- upon investigation of these two answers, they should be coded into the 4th category of my educ var (vocational)
I generated a new educ var
gen educ=EDUC
then replaced:
replace educ = EDUC[4] if EDUC_TEXT=="Business College" // ** this coded the respondent into my 6th educ category and not my 4th educ category **
Can anyone direct me how to do this? I am unsure what the "EDUC[4]" portion of my syntax is supposed to and I can't find anything about it.
Thank you!
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