Combining two categorical variables

[Simon Kiss-2]

Dear Colleagues,
I have two separate categorical variables. The one asks if the
respondent is a member of a union.  The second is linked to the first,
in that, if the respndent answered no then the respondent is asked if
a member of the household is a member of a union. i would like to
combine the results of these two variables to come up with one
variable which counts whether a respondent or a member of the
respondent's household is a member of the union.
I am a novice user of SPSS and would appreciate assistance that does
not assume an intimate familiarity with the program.
Yours,
Simon Kiss


Simon J. Kiss
Department of Political Studies
Queen's University
C321 Macintosh Corry Hall
99 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 3N6

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[Melissa Ives]

If your values are both 0=No and 1=Yes,
Then you can:
Compute anyunion=max.1(self_union,family_union).
Value labels anyunion 0 'No' 1 'Yes'.

Melissa

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Subject: [SPSSX-L] Combining two categorical variables

Dear Colleagues,
I have two separate categorical variables. The one asks if the respondent is a member of a union.  The second is linked to the first, in that, if the respndent answered no then the respondent is asked if a member of the household is a member of a union. i would like to combine the results of these two variables to come up with one variable which counts whether a respondent or a member of the respondent's household is a member of the union.
I am a novice user of SPSS and would appreciate assistance that does not assume an intimate familiarity with the program.
Yours,
Simon Kiss


Simon J. Kiss
Department of Political Studies
Queen's University
C321 Macintosh Corry Hall
99 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 3N6

Phone: [phone]

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