Combining Variables

[recycle4]

I do not know how to combine variables within a variable. I have the following data and I wish to combine Tribal, Others, and None into 1 variable so that the 3 of them are "7". Any suggestions on how to do this?

type: numeric (int)
label: ID14

range: [1,9] units: 1
unique values: 9 missing .: 0/41554

tabulation: Freq. Numeric Label
33527 1 Hindu
4788 2 Muslim
1376 3 Christian
990 4 Sikh
281 5 Buddhist
138 6 Jain
427 7 Tribal
24 8 Others
3 9 None

[Jorge Eduardo Perez Perez]

If var is your variable, use

recode var (7 8 9 = 7), gen(newvar)

to generate a recoded version newvar of var.
You will also need to define a new value label for your recoded variable. See help recode.

[recycle4]

Thank you!