Is there anyway around the 80-character limit for variable labels (I'm using Stata SE, version 10)? I know people have posted this question to the list before (5-7 years ago), but I'm hoping someone has figured out a work around in the meantime. My issue is that I sometimes work with both students and colleagues who use SPSS and sometimes come across SPSS files that have lengthy variable names (e.g., the full text of a survey question) that can easily extend to twice or more the maximum number of characters supported by Stata--this information gets lost when using StatTransfer to convert from Stata to SPSS.
Thanks,
Marcus Britton
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Marcus L. Britton
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53211
(414)229-5308
[email protected]
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/sociology/faculty/britton.cfm
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