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  • How to estimate the marital status (Married and widowed) using the information on the Relationship of person to household head

    Hello, everyone
    I am having a cross-sectional data on the relationship of person to household head. Can I find out their marital status (Married and widowed) from this information?

    Relationship of person to |
    household head | Freq. Percent Cum.
    -------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
    1 Spouse | 1,073 31.48 31.48
    2 Son/daughter (Biological) | 61 1.79 33.27
    3 Son/Daughter (Adopted/Foster/Step) | 1 0.03 33.30
    4 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law | 18 0.53 33.83
    5 Grandchild | 2 0.06 33.89
    6 Parent | 1,830 53.70 87.59
    7 Parent-in-law | 186 5.46 93.05
    8 Brother or sister | 93 2.73 95.77
    9 Brother-in-law or sister-in-law | 14 0.41 96.19
    10 Niece or nephew | 2 0.06 96.24
    11 Grandparents | 90 2.64 98.88
    13 Other relative | 36 1.06 99.94
    14 Others, not related | 2 0.06 100.00


  • #2
    Yes.

    I suppose you were hoping for a more complete response showing how. But for that, you will need to show example data: there is no way to give you a specific answer based only on a table of the distribution of this variable.

    Post back and use the -dataex- command to show example data. If you are running version 16 or a fully updated version 15.1 or 14.2, -dataex- is already part of your official Stata installation. If not, run -ssc install dataex- to get it. Either way, run -help dataex- to read the simple instructions for using it. -dataex- will save you time; it is easier and quicker than typing out tables. It includes complete information about aspects of the data that are often critical to answering your question but cannot be seen from tabular displays or screenshots. It also makes it possible for those who want to help you to create a faithful representation of your example to try out their code, which in turn makes it more likely that their answer will actually work in your data.

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    • #3
      Thank you, sir. I will repost then with the attached dataset

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      • #4
        I will repost then with the attached dataset
        Please re-read the final paragraph in #2. Do not attach a data set. Use the -dataex- command to show the data in your post.

        While an attached dataset may seem like an ideal way to provide all the required information, they are problematic precisely because they are attachments. You may find somebody here is willing to open your attachment and work with it. But it won't be me, and it won't be anybody who worries about malware. -dataex- avoids this problem by converting your data set to a set of Stata commands that re-create your data. These commands are then pasted directly into the Forum post. It's completely safe: there is no possibility of malware. (It's also quicker and easier than uploading and download files, but that hardly matters.)

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