dianagold / crosswalk

Stata program to transform variables using an external crosswalk csv file

Crosswalk

Stata program to transform variables using an external crosswalk csv file.

It is especially useful when constructing master data sets from multiple smaller data sets that do not name or encode variables consistently across files.

Package description

'CROSSWALK': transforms variables using an external crosswalk csv

Keywords: crosswalk | encode | rename | translate

Installation

crosswalk is currently not published on SSC, so it cannot be installed through ssc install.

If you want to install the most recent carefully curated version of crosswalk then you can use the code below:

net install dependencies, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dianagold/crosswalk/master/src") replace

Please check the help file, installed with the package, for more information on how to use crosswalk.

Author

Diana Goldemberg [ [email protected] ]

Acknowledgements

This program was inspired by similar efforts made by:

• Sally Hudson & team functions renamefrom + encodefrom
• Hongxi Zhao & J.P Azevedo template for harmonizing MELQO surveys (no public link exist)