Dear Rodrigo,
your help very much appreciated. Thank you
nirina
On 5/14/08, Rodrigo Alfaro A. <ralfaro@bcentral.cl> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You do not need to create dummies for that, check -areg-. For example: areg y x1 x2, a(vid). For more complex models you could use the prefix -xi- in your command. Finally, if you really want to have the dummies try: qui tab vid, g(dum).
>
> Rodrigo.
>
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] En nombre de Nirina F
> Enviado el: Miércoles, 14 de Mayo de 2008 01:46 p.m.
> Para: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Asunto: st: loop for creating my village dummies
>
> Hello,
>
> In order to do village fixed effect, I would like to create dummy variables for each name of villages, I have 124 villages in string
> format:
> My total number of observations is: 3200
>
> type: string (str4)
> unique values: 124
>
> list vid in 1/5
>
> +---------+
> | vid |
> |---------|
> 1. | V001 |
> 2. | V001 |
> 3. | V001 |
> 4. | V001 |
> 5. | V001 |
> +---------+
>
> I am not sure how to do it.
> Thank you very much in advance
> nirina
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