Hi all,
I'm using psid tools and I'm not sure what's happening with seemingly dropped observations. Compare the following two pulls, the first where I pull age data for 1968 and 2015, and the second where I pull age data for 1969 and 2015:
I get 21,110 observations with a median age of 31. But if I run
I get 3,673 observations with a median age 60. Finally, if I run
I get 20,296 observations with a median age of 32.
Does psid tools automatically drop obs that don't exist in the previous years sample? If so, what's the deal with 1968 and 2015 paired together working just fine? Is there a way I can prevent psid tools from dropping these observations? I've read through the psid documentation and didn't see mention of this, perhaps I missed it. Thanks in advance.
I'm using psid tools and I'm not sure what's happening with seemingly dropped observations. Compare the following two pulls, the first where I pull age data for 1968 and 2015, and the second where I pull age data for 1969 and 2015:
Code:
clear all set more off psid use || age [68]ER30004 [15]ER34305 using [path]\ind2019er psid long rename wave year sum age if year==2015, d
Code:
clear all set more off psid use || age [69]ER30023 [15]ER34305 using [path]\ind2019er psid long rename wave year sum age if year==2015, d
Code:
clear all set more off psid use || age [13]ER34204 [15]ER34305 using [path]\ind2019er psid long rename wave year sum age if year==2015, d
Does psid tools automatically drop obs that don't exist in the previous years sample? If so, what's the deal with 1968 and 2015 paired together working just fine? Is there a way I can prevent psid tools from dropping these observations? I've read through the psid documentation and didn't see mention of this, perhaps I missed it. Thanks in advance.
