st: Cannot use eyex(*) option after logit with factor variables

[Marcelo Lafleur <lafleurm@un.org>]

Dear listmembers,

I'm attempting to estimate elasticities using a logit model:

. logit neting1 gastpc atenpre##saneamiento
. margins, eyex(*) atmeans

        ERROR: "factor variables not allowed in option eyex()"

However, using dydx, there is no problem:
. margins, dydx(*) atmeans

To get around this problem, I have created the categorical variables of 
interaction using either the command -xi- or  -tabulate ,generate()-.Then 
I run the same -logit- using the categorical variables created:

. xi i.atenpre|saneamiento, prefix(_S)

. logit neting1 gastpc atenpre saneamiento  _SateXsanea_1
. margins, eyex(*) atmeans

        This produces the output.

I'm not 100% sure if this is a statistical/mathematical issue, or just a 
limitation of the margins command using factor variables. Needless to say, 
this is annoying as it requires preprocessing many variables in my model 
to create the proper categorical variables, which could easily be done 
with factor variables. I spent an entire afternoon trying to figure out 
what -xi- is actually outputting and how to make it equivalent to the 
var1##var2 option (as opposed to the var1#var2 option).

Hope someone can shed light on this issue.

Stata version:
Stata/SE 12.1 for Windows (32-bit)
Revision 30 Jan 2013
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