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Re: st: weights
From
Maarten buis <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: weights
Date
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:36:51 +0100 (BST)
--- On Wed, 27/10/10, Chiara Mussida wrote:
> thanks Maarten, by using sum <snip> How to get a total sum,
> not only for the householdin the sample, but representative
> for all household (=weight)?
di r(sum)
If you want to store it I would do so in a scalar. A variable
would be inefficient as it usses too much memory and a local
is not so precise. The latter can be important as now you
are dealing with an extremely large number, which is where
precision can become an issue. Generally I would first
create a tempname and use that tempname for the scalar to
avoid any problems due to the fact that scalars and variables
share the same namespace:
tempname sum
scalar `sum' = r(sum)
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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