With decennial census data( population, for example 1970 and 1980) i would like to calculate the population of specific years (for example 1974). The dataset is in a panel structure where in the columns are the decennial census data and in the rows the cities (nhgiscode) and the years i would like to calculate the population for in a new variable. Is there a specific command (STATA preferred) i can use or some other possibilities?
As you can see in the image the population of ´70 and ´80 is given and i want to fill the variable popnew.
Thank you for your help!
kind regards
Nicolai