[R] Importint stata file and using value labels

Juan Ceccarelli Arias jfca283 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 25 18:02:54 CEST 2016


Nop. I didn't work. But using the following it does work.
table(region[sex=="Men"],type[sex=="Men"])
When i use the dta file with stata i declare the condition with sex==1 and
not sex=="Man".

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:39 PM, <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Try instead
>
> table(region[sex==1],type[sex==1])
>
> To test for equality use == not =.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
>
> Citando Juan Ceccarelli Arias <jfca283 at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi
> Im a bit lost.
> Ive imported a stata13 file. When i try to make a simple
> table(region[sex=1],type[sex=1])
> i get something as
>           type1 type2
> region1 0 0
> region2 0 0
> region3 0 0
>
> I don't know how to operate with the value labels.
> Sex is defined as 1 as "Man" and 2 as "Female".
> And region1 is 1, region2 is 2 and so on.
> So, how can i make reference to the value and not the value labels when i
> write down some condition or statement ?
> I know is simple, but using the help for readstata13 didn't clarify it to
> me.
> Thanks for your help and time.
>
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