--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- log: J:\lobby\agendas_project\death_penalty\book\data\exonerations\make_y > rly_exonerations_1973_2006.log log type: text opened on: 13 Aug 2007, 13:35:24 . #delimit ; delimiter now ; . set more off ; . * ***********************************************************************; . * File-Name: make_yrly_exonerations_1973_2006.do *; . * Date: September 6, 2006 *; . * Author: AEB *; . * Purpose: Aggregate exoneration data to yrly level and *; . * create Stata dataset *; . * In-put file: exonerations_1973_2006.csv *; . * Output File: make_yrly_exonerations_1973_2006.log *; . * Data Output: yrly_exonerations_1973_2006.dta *; . * Previous File: None *; . * Machine: Pond 228 *; . * ***********************************************************************; . set mem 700m; (716800k) . *use s:\lobby\agendas_project\death_penalty\book\data\exonerations\make_yrly_de > ath_row_1953_2006.do*; . insheet using exonerations_1973_2006.csv; (4 vars, 123 obs) . rename v1 exoneree; . rename v2 name; . rename v3 year; . rename v4 quarter; . ********************************; . **Year as Unit of Analysis***; . ********************************; . gen exonerations=1; . sort year; . ***Now aggregate the variables by qtr and save the datafile - includes individu > al vars***; . collapse (sum) exonerations, by(year); . sort year; . label var exonerations > "Number of exonerations per year"; . sort year; . tset year; time variable: year, 1973 to 2006, but with a gap . save yrly_exonerations_1973_2006.dta, replace; file yrly_exonerations_1973_2006.dta saved . end of do-file . clear . log close log: J:\lobby\agendas_project\death_penalty\book\data\exonerations\make_y > rly_exonerations_1973_2006.log log type: text closed on: 13 Aug 2007, 13:37:37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------