st: Re: coding a categorical variable to a % continuous variable

[Friedrich Huebler <huebler@rocketmail.com>]

Suzy,

I assume you have data like this:

     age    smoker
      20         0
      21         0
      23         0
      22         1
      24         1
      20         0
      21         1
      22         0
      23         1
      24         1

You can get your graph by collapsing the data over age.

. collapse smoker, by(age)
. replace smoker = 100*smoker
. scatter smoker age

Friedrich Huebler

--- Suzy <scott_788@wowway.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a dichotomous variable (0=no ; 1=yes) that I would like to
> use in 
> a scatter plot on the y axis as a continuous variable  as a  %
> variable.
> 
> For example:  the x axis could be age and the y axis could be %
> smokers.
> 
> Can anyone help with this ?
> 
> Thank you.
> Suzy


	
		
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