a simple (and stupid) way to do is:
gen gender=1 if sex=="M"
mvencode gender, mv(2)
or you can use the smarter flashier command _recode_
but i am not sure how to use that. i think you can:
recode sex "M"="1"
recode sex "F"="2"
destring sex, replace
one thing to note is that your variables must carry numerical values only
when you destring them.
Ada Ma
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne Business School
Economics Group
[email protected] wrote:
> I have a variable in my datasheet, sex which is formatted as str1 %9s.
> There are two types either M or F. I need to convert this so that M=1 and
> F=2. How do I do this, or where is a problem similar to this described. I
> have tried using "destring sex, replace" etc but have had no luck.
> Thanks for all your help in advance on this relatively simple question.
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