ASGEN: Stata module to generate weighted average mean using an existing variable as weight

Attaullah Shah ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: asgen creates a new variable from an existing variable or an expression. The new variable contains weighted average mean. The existing variable is supplied to asgen by the =exp. The weights are based on the values of an existing numeric variable, that is specified in the weight(varname) option.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 11
Keywords: data management; egen; weighted average; mean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10-09, Revised 2020-08-01
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install asgen". 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/l/lasgen.mlib Mata object library (application/x-stata)

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