* *! Version 1.1.0 by Francisco Perales 26-April-2013 * Requires Stata version 12 or higher program define hildasetup syntax , DATAdirectory(string) SAVINGdirectory(string) VARiables(string) FILEname(string) RELease(integer) [MASTERfile(string) LWfile(string) UNCONFidentialised] version 12 quietly clear quietly cd "`savingdirectory'" if strpos("`filename'", ".")|strpos("`filename'", " "){ display in red "The requested file name cannot contain a space or a file extension" exit } quietly capture erase `filename'.dta quietly save `filename', replace emptyok local type "c" if "`unconfidentialised'" != ""{ local type "u" } display in yellow _newline(1) "Data management started" local waves = substr(c(alpha), 1, (`release'*2)-1) foreach waveprefix in `waves'{ quietly{ use "`datadirectory'\Combined_`waveprefix'`release'0`type'", clear renpfix `waveprefix' local list "" foreach variable in xwaveid `variables'{ capture des `variable', varlist if !_rc { local list "`list' `r(varlist)'" } } keep `list' gen wave = index("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz","`waveprefix'") lab var wave "Wave of the HILDA survey" append using `filename' sort xwaveid save `filename', replace } disp in green "Wave `waveprefix' completed" } if "`masterfile'" != ""{ quietly{ local waveprefix = substr("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", `release', 1) use "`datadirectory'\Master_`waveprefix'`release'0`type'", clear sort xwaveid keep xwaveid `masterfile' merge 1:m xwaveid using `filename' drop _merge sort xwaveid } disp in green "Master file completed" quietly save `filename', replace } if "`lwfile'" != ""{ quietly{ local waveprefix = substr("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", `release', 1) use "`datadirectory'\Longitudinal_weights_`waveprefix'`release'0`type'", clear sort xwaveid keep xwaveid `lwfile' merge 1:m xwaveid using `filename' drop _merge } disp in green "Longitudinal Weights file completed" quietly save `filename', replace } sort xwaveid wave order xwaveid wave quietly save, replace display in yellow "Data management finished" disp in yellow _newline(1) "The new HILDA longitudinal file `filename'.dta has been saved in the directory:" disp in yellow "`savingdirectory'" end