Helga
I assume these are numerically coded (1='Babtist',2='Protestent, . . . )
A simple approach is to use RECODE:
RECODE Length (1,2=1) (3,4=2) INTO Length2 .
VALUE LABELS
Length
1 'less than 6 months'
2 '6 months to 5.5 years'
3 '5.6 years to 10 years'
4 'more than 10 years'
/Length2
1 '0 to 5.5 years'
2 'More than 5.5 years'
.
FREQUENCIES Vars= Length Length2 .
-----Original Message-----
From: Helga Walz [mailto:
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Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:05 PM
Subject: FW: syntax
Thank you for your assistance ahead of time.
Could you please assist me with syntax, how to collapse the following because of small numbers:
length of living: less than 6 months
1 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
More than 10 years
into 2 categories (<6 up to 5 years, 6 to >10 years))
religion: Baptist
Protestant
Catholic
Muslim
Other
But not Jewish (because n is only 2)
into 3 categories (Baptist, Protestant and Catholic, Muslim and Other
marital status: single/never married
divorced/separated into 2 categories
widowed
but not married (because n=2 only)
into 2 categories (single/never married and divorced/separated, widowed)
ethnicity: Caucasian/white
African American/Black
but not American Indian (n=1)
into 2 categories (Caucasian/white, African American)
Age: 51 to 64
65 to 70
71 to 84
85 to 90
into 2 categories (51 to 64 and 65 to 70, 71 to 84) but not 85 to 90
Thank you so much,
Helga
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