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*constuction of the mean of useofmedicin*/
Data useofmedicin;
set b.finaldata2;
if useofmedicin ne 0;
if useofmedicin ne '.';
proc means data=useofmedicin mean;
var useofmedicin;
/*putting the values of useofmedicin that are 0 to the mean value
(that is calculated without missings and values
of zero)*/
if useofmedicin=0 then do useofmedicin=860.9862999;
end;
/*putting the missing values of useofmedicin to 0*/
if useofmedicin='.' then do useofmedicin=0;
end;
data ud.finaldata2(DROP = Kommk UKbh UFre UKbhamt UFreamt URos
UVestsj UStorstr
UBorn UFyn USonjyl URibe UVejle URingk UArhus UViborg UNjyl
emp_1);
set collect;
data test;
set b.finaldata2;
/*creating a consumption-variable, cons_antidep, which summarizes
the consumption of antidepressants the past five years*/
data consumption;
set b.finaldata2;
cons_lastyr=lag(antidep);
if (udtrnr NE lag(udtrnr)) then cons_lastyr=0;
cons_2yrsago=lag(cons_lastyr);
if (udtrnr NE lag(udtrnr)) then cons_2yrsago=0;
cons_3yrsago=lag(cons_2yrsago);
if (udtrnr NE lag(udtrnr)) then cons_3yrsago=0;
cons_4yrsago=lag(cons_3yrsago);
if (udtrnr NE lag(udtrnr)) then cons_4yrsago=0;
cons_antidep=antidep+cons_lastyr+cons_2yrsago+cons_3yrsago+cons_4y
rsago;
/*creating a variable indicating how many years out of the last 5
years, the person has taken antidep*/
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