st: Graphing interactions between categorical and continuous variables, using panel data

["Janna McDougall" <jmcdougall@icrw.org>]

Hello Statalist,

I am trying to graph an interaction between continuous and categorical variable in a panel data analysis.  The dependent variable is continuous.  The regression command I am using is:

xi3: xtreg growth5yr cratio i.re i.re*cratio {other predictor variables}, robust

where cratio is the continuous variable, re is a three-category variable, and growth5yr is a continuous variable.

I have tried a few approaches (using the predict postestimation command, generating yhat variables from the regression equation), but am getting inconsistent/strange results. 

Does anyone have suggestions on how to correctly graph the relationship between cratio and growth5yr at each of the 3 levels of re?

Thanks,
Janna




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