Commands

[Olivia Emma]

HI all

Could someone please explain what these commands are doing?

egen momid = group(v001 v002 v003)

egen maxbord = max(bord), by(momid)

Thanks

[Clyde Schechter]

The first command creates a new variable, momid. This new variable identifies groups of observations that all agree on the values of variables v001, v002, and v003. The second command then creates a new variable maxbord which contains the largest value of variable bord found among all observations in the group of observations defined by the value of momid.