NYSIIS: Stata module to calculate nysiis codes from string variables

Adrian Sayers ()
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Adrian Sayers: University of Bristol

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: nysiis calculates the nysiis codes of a string variable using the nysiis algorithm described by Taft 1970. The nysiis phonetic code is often used to facilitate record linkage when spelling mistakes in names may occur.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 13.1
Keywords: data management; soundex; string conversion; names (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11-16, Revised 2018-07-21
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install nysiis". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/n/nysiis.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/n/nysiis.sthlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/n/nysiis_names.dta sample data file (application/x-stata)

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