Written by:
Ylva B Almquist
Practical example
| Variable name | parmental |
| Variable label | Parental mental illness (Ages 0-14, Years 1970-1984) |
| Value labels | 0=No 1=Yes |
| Variable name | parcrim |
| Variable label | Parental criminality (Ages 0-14, Years 1970-1984) |
| Value labels | 0=No 1=Yes |
recode paradversity (.=1) if parmental==0 & parcrim==0 |
recode paradversity (.=2) if parmental==1 & parcrim==0 |
recode paradversity (.=3) if parmental==0 & parcrim==1 |
recode paradversity (.=4) if parmental==1 & parcrim==1 |
The new variable paradversity captures the four different combinations of parmental and parcrim.
browse parmental parcrim paradversity |