Thank you for the informative reply.
>>> [email protected] 17 October 2006 12:19:58 >>>
There is no option in -tabulate- for this. The FAQ
2/02 How do I tabulate cumulative frequencies?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/tabdisp.html
indicates another strategy: write your own program. A variant on
the example program given there is
program yourtab, sortpreserve
version 8
syntax varname [if] [in] [, Format(str)]
marksample touse, strok
tempvar freq pc cumpc spc scumpc
bysort `touse' `varlist': gen long `freq' = _N
by `touse' `varlist' : gen `cumpc' = `freq' * (_n == 1)
su `cumpc' if `touse', meanonly
by `touse' `varlist': gen `pc' = 100 * `freq' / r(sum)
qui by `touse' `varlist': replace `cumpc' = `pc' * (_n == 1)
qui by `touse' : replace `cumpc' = sum(`cumpc')
if "`format'" == "" local format "%3.1f"
qui gen `spc' = string(`pc', "`format'")
qui gen `scumpc' = string(`cumpc', "`format'")
label var `freq' "Freq."
label var `spc' "Percent"
label var `scumpc' "Cum."
tabdisp `varlist' if `touse', c(`freq' `spc' `scumpc')
end
with sample output
. yourtab rep78
----------------------------------------------
Repair |
Record |
1978 | Freq. Percent Cum.
----------+-----------------------------------
1 | 2 2.9 2.9
2 | 8 11.6 14.5
3 | 30 43.5 58.0
4 | 18 26.1 84.1
5 | 11 15.9 100.0
----------------------------------------------
Compare
. tab rep78
Repair |
Record 1978 | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
1 | 2 2.90 2.90
2 | 8 11.59 14.49
3 | 30 43.48 57.97
4 | 18 26.09 84.06
5 | 11 15.94 100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 69 100.00
Naturally, you may want totals too....
Another alternative is -groups- from SSC.
I guess that Roger Newson would want to
recommend his -xcontract- as yet another possible
starting point. In that case, -format- your
percent variables before a -list-.
Nick
[email protected]
Eamonn O'Brien
Is it possible to control the displayed decimal place of the
percentage
that is output using -tabulate-? I would like to display percentage as
1
dp.
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