generating variable using "bysort" with three variables

[Mudassira Sarfraz]

Dear Statalist users

I am generating a variable by year, year of birth, and district ID, using the following code

 bys year yob distt_id: gen tot_events = sum(events)

My question is if I generate a new variable using egen with 'group', i.e.

 egen yr_yob_distt=group(year yob distt_id)

and then generate a variable of 'tot_events', i.e.

 bys yr_yob_distt : gen tot_events = sum(events)

will it be correct to do so?

[Hemanshu Kumar]

Yes.

[Mudassira Sarfraz]

Thank you for the reply