DISSIM: Stata module to calculate dissimilarity index

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Abstract: dissim displays the dissimilarity index D for each pair of variables in varlist. If x and y are >= 0, form the proportions p = x / SUM x and q = y / SUM y and calculate D = 1/2 SUM ( | p - q | ). D lies in [0, 1].

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 5.0
Keywords: dissimilarity index; segregation; descriptive statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 1999-01-08

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