Dear stata users
I have a variable measuring the regime type of countries from 1900-2013. The variable is coded this way:
Code:
0 = autocracy 1 = hybrid 2 = democracy
I would like to use this variable to create a new variable that measures the transitions from one regime type to another e.g. if the regime variable changes from autocracy to hybrid I would like to code it as “partial democratization”. The values of the variable I would like to create would look like this:
Code:
0 = partial democratization if regime changes from 0 to 1 1 = complete democratization if regime changes from 0 to 2 or if regime changes from 1 to 2 2 = autocratization if regime changes from 2 to 1 or if regime changes from 2 to 0 3 = no transition if regime does not change
My data would look something like this
Code:
Country Year Regime Transition x 1900 autocracy no transition x 1901 autocracy no transition x 1902 autocracy no transition x 1903 hybrid partial democratization x 1904 hybrid no transition x 1905 hybrid no transition x 1906 democracy full democratization x 1907 democracy no transition x 1908 democracy no transition x 1909 autocracy autocratization
My problem is that I need some way to create a variable that captures the years where my regime variable changes from one specific value to another specific value. I hope that you might have a good procedure for creating such a variable or some suggestions about what might work.
Thanks
I have a variable measuring the regime type of countries from 1900-2013. The variable is coded this way:
Code:
0 = autocracy 1 = hybrid 2 = democracy
I would like to use this variable to create a new variable that measures the transitions from one regime type to another e.g. if the regime variable changes from autocracy to hybrid I would like to code it as “partial democratization”. The values of the variable I would like to create would look like this:
Code:
0 = partial democratization if regime changes from 0 to 1 1 = complete democratization if regime changes from 0 to 2 or if regime changes from 1 to 2 2 = autocratization if regime changes from 2 to 1 or if regime changes from 2 to 0 3 = no transition if regime does not change
My data would look something like this
Code:
Country Year Regime Transition x 1900 autocracy no transition x 1901 autocracy no transition x 1902 autocracy no transition x 1903 hybrid partial democratization x 1904 hybrid no transition x 1905 hybrid no transition x 1906 democracy full democratization x 1907 democracy no transition x 1908 democracy no transition x 1909 autocracy autocratization
My problem is that I need some way to create a variable that captures the years where my regime variable changes from one specific value to another specific value. I hope that you might have a good procedure for creating such a variable or some suggestions about what might work.
Thanks
