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10 changes: 1 addition & 9 deletions input/InitialPopulations/compile/RegressionEstimates/variable_update.do
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Expand Up @@ -149,17 +149,9 @@ summ inc_increase inc_decrease econ_incchange

* Task 5
* Poverty transitions
// ssc install egenmore
* Ensure all swvs have household weight
//gen weight_house = hhdenub_xw
//replace weight_house=hhdenus_xw if swv==1
//replace weight_house=hhdenui_xw if swv>=6 & swv<=13
//replace weight_house=hhdeng2_xw if swv==14
//
//label var weight_house "Weight: household cross-sectional"

* Generate median income for sample
bysort swv: egen samp_medianinc=wpctile(econ_realequivinc), p(50) // weights(weight_house)
bysort swv: egen samp_medianinc=wpctile(econ_realequivinc), p(50) weights(dhhwt)
label var samp_medianinc "Median household income for sample in swv"
* ONS uses net income, before or after housing costs. Net income used here.
gen samp_poverty =samp_medianinc*0.60
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