Perhaps you want some aggregation
as well, or to it by groups. Some techniques are
shown by
. count if hmsa_r == 2
. local num = r(N)
. count if inlist(hmsa_r,1,2,3)
. local pc = 100 * `num' / r(N)
. di `pc'
That gives an overall percent.
. bysort group : egen num = sum(hmsa_r == 2)
. by group : egen den = sum(inlist(hmsa_r,1,2,3))
. gen pc = 100 * num / den
. egen tag = tag(group)
. tabdisp group if tag, cell(pc)
That gives percents within -group-.
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: 28 April 2004 15:52
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: computing percentages
>
>
> Multiply by 100?
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> mertenmj
>
> > I am using the following command:
> >
> > g nonmetro=hmsa_r==2
> >
> > g total=hmsa_r==1 | hmsa_r==2 | hmsa_r==3
> >
> > gen pnonmetro=nonmetro/total
> >
> > I want the "pnonmetro" variable to be expressed in terms of
> > percentage, from the resulting nonmetro/total. How do I do this?
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