[R] Importint stata file and using value labels

[ruipbarradas at sapo.pt]

Maybe sex is a factor and Man its label. Factors are coded internally  
as integers, to see it use

str(sex)

Rui Barradas
 

Citando Juan Ceccarelli Arias <jfca283 at gmail.com>:

> 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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