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How to merge datasets in Stata conditionally?

Merging datasets in Stata or SPSS?

  • I am studying child health outcome using the NFHS 3 (2005-2006) data for India. I am trying to merge the "children" with the "household" dataset in STATA but having trouble doing so. Has anyone used this dataset to analyze variables? There are some complications with sorting the master and using dataset,, not sure what to do. can anyone please help me in merging specifically the NFHS India dataset.

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Overview: Merges in SPSS will work fine as long as there is a one-to-one correspondence between the cases in your master data set and the cases in your merging data set. For example, if the master data set has one case for each US state, then the merging dataset would need to have one case for each US state. There are many situations where this simple merging will not work, especially when we are trying to merge data from one level of analysis (e.g. state level) to another level of analysis (e.g. pairs of states or dyads), or where we have multiple cases in a given year in one dataset.

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