Jesper Sorensen wrote:
> I want to create a simple bar graph over two variables, e.g.,
>
> . graph bar (asis) rate, over(ever) over(sex)
>
>
> The problem is that the labels for the "Over 1" variable ("ever")
> are quite long and therefore overlap. I could make the textsize
> very small, but that looks silly. (I also don't want to switch the
> order of the over( ) variables.)
>
> Ideally what I would like is to have the labels for each value wrap
> from one line to the next. Eg. instead of
>
>
> Parent ever self-employed Parent never self-employed
>
> (where the two overlap), instead have
>
>
> Parent ever Parent never
> self-employed self-employed
There isn't a way for Stata to automatically wrap your existing value
labels, but you can use the -relabel- suboption with the -over- option
to give your labels two lines. To create a two-line bar label, you'll
need to include each line of your label in double quotes, and then
enclose the entire label in compound double quotes. For example, try
the following:
. graph bar (asis) rate, over(ever, relabel(1 `""Parents ever" "self
employed""' 2 `""Parents never" "self employed""')) over(sex)
Derek Wagner
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