In addition to other answers the direct answer to the second question is
"Yes":
label def female 0 "m" 1 "f"
encode gender, gen(female) label(female)
It would no harm to check on any missings:
tab gender if !inlist(female, 0, 1)
Nick
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Miranda Kim
How can I efficiently convert string variables (such as gender with
values 'f' 'm') into binary 0/1 variables?
Can I fiddle with encode so that it codes 0/1 instead of 1/2?
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