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A few you thoughts:
1. You could run into problems merging external data because the number of HH in the mi data set will be greater than the number in the originwal data. So starting with the mi data set you will need something like:
Code:
merge m:1 hh_id using external
2. Were HH expenditures totals of expenditures of individuals? If so, then your mi statement
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