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st: RE: "if" statement


From   "Kieran McCaul" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: "if" statement
Date   Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:04:18 +0800

...

The xi command creates the dummies before the logistic command runs, so
it drops ageg==2.
The -if age>=30- drops ageg==2, so there are now too many dummies, so
the logistic command drops one - ageg==4.

Try placing -char ageg[omit] 3- in front of the logistic commands


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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Victor
Mauricio Herrera
Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2009 4:44 AM
To: statalist
Cc: Leonelo Bautista
Subject: st: "if" statement

I'd appreciate if somebody could explain the following behavior of the
"if" statement when used with "logistic" (I'm running STATA IC/10.1). 

webuse nhanes2f
gen ageg=2 if age>=20 & age<30
replace ageg=3 if age>=30 & age<40
replace ageg=4 if age>=40 & age<50
replace ageg=5 if age>=50 & age<60
replace ageg=6 if age>=60 & age<70
replace ageg=7 if age>=70
replace sex=0 if sex==2

model 1 --> xi: logistic sex i.ageg
i.ageg            _Iageg_2-7          (naturally coded; _Iageg_2
omitted)

Logistic regression                               Number of obs   =
10337
                                                  LR chi2(5)      =
2.80
                                                  Prob > chi2     =
0.7302
Log likelihood =  -7150.626                       Pseudo R2       =
0.0002

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
         sex | Odds Ratio   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf.
Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------
------
    _Iageg_3 |   .9761655   .0632659    -0.37   0.710     .8597191
1.108384
    _Iageg_4 |   .9971218   .0696639    -0.04   0.967     .8695188
1.143451
    _Iageg_5 |   .9424283    .065592    -0.85   0.394     .8222534
1.080167
    _Iageg_6 |   .9903392   .0554211    -0.17   0.862     .8874609
1.105144
    _Iageg_7 |   .8963705   .0683978    -1.43   0.152     .7718562
1.040971
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------

model 2 --> xi: logistic sex i.ageg if age>=30
i.ageg            _Iageg_2-7          (naturally coded; _Iageg_2
omitted)

note: _Iageg_4 dropped because of collinearity

Logistic regression                               Number of obs   =
8017
                                                  LR chi2(4)      =
2.35
                                                  Prob > chi2     =
0.6713
Log likelihood = -5544.1939                       Pseudo R2       =
0.0002

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
         sex | Odds Ratio   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf.
Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------
------
    _Iageg_3 |   .9789833   .0734452    -0.28   0.777     .8451164
1.134055
    _Iageg_5 |   .9451487   .0748512    -0.71   0.476     .8092619
1.103853
    _Iageg_6 |   .9931979   .0670654    -0.10   0.919     .8700789
1.133739
    _Iageg_7 |   .8989579   .0765455    -1.25   0.211     .7607821
1.06223
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------

Why is the age group 4 (40-49) dropped due to collinearity if there are
610 males and 660 females in this stratum? More worrisome, why is the
age group 2 (20-29) still being used as reference when it should have
been dropped as a consequence of the "if" statement (i.e. _Iage_3 should
be the reference instead of _Iage_2)?

model 3 --> xi: logistic sex i.ageg if age<70
i.ageg            _Iageg_2-7          (naturally coded; _Iageg_2
omitted)

note: _Iageg_7 dropped because of collinearity

Logistic regression                               Number of obs   =
9352
                                                  LR chi2(4)      =
0.86
                                                  Prob > chi2     =
0.9303
Log likelihood = -6472.0855                       Pseudo R2       =
0.0001

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
         sex | Odds Ratio   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf.
Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------
------
    _Iageg_3 |   .9761655   .0632659    -0.37   0.710     .8597191
1.108384
    _Iageg_4 |   .9971218   .0696639    -0.04   0.967     .8695188
1.143451
    _Iageg_5 |   .9424283    .065592    -0.85   0.394     .8222534
1.080167
    _Iageg_6 |   .9903392   .0554211    -0.17   0.862     .8874609
1.105144
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------

Now the "if" statement seems to work fine, as subjects with age>=70 are
excluded (i.e. the _Iage_7 group has been dropped!)

This also occurs if I run these models using STATA IC/9.2 or if one
models another dichotomous variable using a different dataset.

Many thanks,


VICTOR M. HERRERA MD. MS.
Research Assistant
Population Health Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin
610 Walnut St. 626 WARF
Madison, WI 53726
(608) 265-3686
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