Dear Stata users,

I will please like some explanation. I am working on the topic "the effect of childhood health on educational attainment". I have information from wave 1 of the data on childhood health and information on educational attainment in wave 7. I need to combine these 2 waves for my analysis. My question is, is it possible to combine the 2 waves as a cross sectional data or do i have to combine the 2 waves like a panel data (or are both correct)? I will appreciate your reply.

Thanks.