I am using a very old version of SPSS (10.0) and I have two variables that I need to combine. The first variables is gender of owner (genown) and the next is % of ownership (percown). What I need to have is a new variable (we'll call it genbus) where:
if genown =1 and percown = <50 then genbus = 1 and
if genown =2 and percown = <50 then genbus = 2 and
if genown =1 and percown = 50 then genbus = 3
I hope this makes sense and please let me know if there is an EASY way to do this. If the easiest way is to use a newer version of SPSS let me know (I can probably access one on campus).
Thanks!
Ok think I may have found the answer...could I use transform - compute to do this? If so do I need to do each separately or can I do it all in one variable?

Hi, yes you could copy and paste code below into either a syntax window, or the window that appears using Transform>Compute.

IF(1) genbus=0.
IF (genown = 1 & percown <= 50) genbus=1.
IF (genown = 2 & percown <= 50) genbus=2.
IF (genown = 1 & percown = 50) genbus=1.
EXECUTE.