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personid: Person identifer (unique within household-month)

Description

personid is a person identifer, unique within year, month, and hhid.

Availability

Sample Years
Basic 1998 - present
ORG 1998 - present

Code

Variable creation 
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* Consistent person id
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gen personid = .

if $monthlycps == 1 {
    if tm(1998m1) <= $date {
        destring occurnum, replace
        replace personid = occurnum
    }
}

lab var personid "Person identifer (unique within household-month)"
notes personid: Person ID unique within year, month, hhid
notes personid: 1998-present: CPS occurnum