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// Instructions for setting up readSHARE in Stata |
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// What is readSHARE? |
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view browse "https://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s458405.html" |
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// 2.1. Load all the waves that you want to use in the same folder |
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* In other words, all folders containing the data for a SHARE wave should be found following the same path , for example under "C:/Users/JohnSmith/Documents/SHARE" |
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* Remember to extract the zip-files. |
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* We recommend you download all waves at once |
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// 2.2. Download readSHARE |
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ssc install readSHARE |
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// 2.3. Create the following macros |
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// Check that you do not have whitespace in your paths and the folder names correspond to what you have in your computer |
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global sData "C:/YOUR_DIRECTORY/" // NB! Insert your path here |
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global shareDesc "${sData}/shareDescStata" |
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global w1Dir "${sData}sharew1_rel7-1-0_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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global w2Dir "${sData}sharew2_rel7-1-0_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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global w3Dir "${sData}sharew3_rel7-1-0_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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global w4Dir "${sData}sharew4_rel7-1-0_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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global w5Dir "${sData}sharew5_rel7-1-0_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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global w6Dir "${sData}sharew6_rel7-1-0_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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global w7Dir "${sData}sharew7_rel7-1-1_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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global w8Dir "${sData}sharew8_rel1-0-0_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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// First corona survey |
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For this to work you will have to do a 2-step workaround (might not be needed if readSHARE is updated in the future) |
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a) change "(sharew)(.)_rel[0-9\-]+_([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)\.dta" in row 43 of the ado createSHAREDesc .... |
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.... to "(sharew)(.|..)_rel[0-9\-]+_([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)\.dta" |
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After installing readSHARE, you should find the file in C:\ado\plus\c\createsharedesc.ado |
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b) rename the files of the first corona survey from sharew8_ to sharew81_ |
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A quick way to do this in windows is in powershell, mac/linux will have similiar, but easier solutions |
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# In Powershell (you might need administrative priviledges) |
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# make your first corona survey your working directory |
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cd C:\Path\To\sharew8_rel1-0-0_ca_ALL_datasets_stata |
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# change the filenames |
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get-childitem *.dta | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("sharew8_", "sharew81_") } |
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# for more info, see https://superuser.com/a/578076/962566 |
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*/ |
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global w81Dir "${sData}sharew8_rel1-0-0_ca_ALL_datasets_stata/" |
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// Second corona survey |
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* Should work without changing the names, but you will have to change the line 43 |
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global w91Dir "${sData}sharew91_rel0_ALL_datasets_stata/" // public relase will be out in late 2021/ early 2022 |
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// NB! Run the above global macros every time you use readSHARE |
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*Alternatively you can copy the macros in the profile.do file. That way the macros are active upon startup of Stata |
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*Profile.do file is created or located in your "personal" folder, the path of which can be found using the command |
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personal |
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// you can check that your paths look reasonable by checking your paths using the following commands |
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// often missing "/"'s are causing trouble |
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di "${shareDesc}" |
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di "${sData}" |
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di "${w1Dir}" // etc. |
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// 2.4. Finally create a file containing the metainfo and save it |
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// run the following two lines only once, and uncomment this after that |
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createSHAREDesc, sDir("${sData}") |
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cap n save "${shareDesc}", replace |
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// 2.5. Congratulate yourself for the good work when the following command opens the PH-module of wave 7 |
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readSHARE *, w(7) mod(ph) |
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// 2.6. Also get familiar with the full functionalities of readSHARE |
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help addSHARE |
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help readSHARE |
