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Re: st: Label values problem


From   Richard Goldstein <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Label values problem
Date   Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:33:21 -0500

in your "label values" statement, you refer to "agecatv" which is undefined

Rich

Paul O'Brien wrote:

Can someone explain my error please. agecat is not accepting the value labels.

......
. gen agecat=recode(age, 16, 20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80)
(100 missing values generated)

. label define agecat 16 "<16" 20 "16-19" 25 "20-24" 30 "25-29" 35 "30-34" 40 "35-39" 45 "40-44" 50 "45-
> 49" 55 "50-54" 60 "55-59" 65 "60-64" 70 "65-69" 75 "70-74" 80 "75-79"

. label values agecat agecatv

. list in 1

Observation 1

age 20.08487 ... agecat 25
......

Also, any reason for using value labels over replace?


Thanks


Dr Paul O'Brien
Westside Contraceptive Services
Raymede Clinic, Exmoor St, London
W10 6DZ
020 8962 4450 - tel
020 8962 4451 - fax
07900 495 118 - mob

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