R help - Aug 2016 - Importint stata file and using value labels

Hi
Im a bit lost.
Ive imported a stata13 file. When i try to make a simple
table(region[sex=1],type[sex=1])
i get something as
           type1 type2
region1 0 0
region2 0 0
region3 0 0

I don't know how to operate with the value labels.
Sex is defined as 1 as "Man" and 2 as "Female".
And region1 is 1, region2 is 2 and so on.
So, how can i make reference to the value and not the value labels when i
write down some condition or statement ?
I know is simple, but using the help for readstata13 didn't clarify it to
me.
Thanks for your help and time.

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Hello,

Try instead

table(region[sex==1],type[sex==1])

To test for equality use == not =.

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas
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Citando Juan Ceccarelli Arias <jfca283 at gmail.com>:
> Hi
> Im a bit lost.
> Ive imported a stata13 file. When i try to make a simple
> table(region[sex=1],type[sex=1])
> i get something as
> ? ? ? ? ? type1 type2
> region1 0 0
> region2 0 0
> region3 0 0
>
> I don't know how to operate with the value labels.
> Sex is defined as 1 as "Man" and 2 as "Female".
> And region1 is 1, region2 is 2 and so on.
> So, how can i make reference to the value and not the value labels when i
> write down some condition or statement ?
> I know is simple, but using the help for readstata13 didn't clarify it
to
> me.
> Thanks for your help and time.
>
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>
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Nop. I didn't work. But using the following it does work.
table(region[sex=="Men"],type[sex=="Men"])
When i use the dta file with stata i declare the condition with sex==1 and
not sex=="Man".

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:39 PM, <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Try instead
>
> table(region[sex==1],type[sex==1])
>
> To test for equality use == not =.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
>
> Citando Juan Ceccarelli Arias <jfca283 at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi
> Im a bit lost.
> Ive imported a stata13 file. When i try to make a simple
> table(region[sex=1],type[sex=1])
> i get something as
>           type1 type2
> region1 0 0
> region2 0 0
> region3 0 0
>
> I don't know how to operate with the value labels.
> Sex is defined as 1 as "Man" and 2 as "Female".
> And region1 is 1, region2 is 2 and so on.
> So, how can i make reference to the value and not the value labels when i
> write down some condition or statement ?
> I know is simple, but using the help for readstata13 didn't clarify it
to
> me.
> Thanks for your help and time.
>
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>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
> posting-guide.htmland provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> reproducible code.
>
>
>
>
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You need to (re-)read the "Introduction to R" document that comes with
R. R Is not Stata, and you should not expect R to look syntactically like Stata.

Note that if you, against normal R convention, wish to manipulate the integers
that a factor is implemented with,  you can create such a variable using
as.integer( sex ), but beware that bad data or changes made to the factor
definition before your analysis step will render your assumptions about specific
integer values invalid. For example the order of levels for sex might go
c("M","F") or c("F","M") so 1 could mean
different things based on decisions made elsewhere.
-- 
Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On August 25, 2016 5:09:42 AM PDT, Juan Ceccarelli Arias <jfca283 at
gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi
>Im a bit lost.
>Ive imported a stata13 file. When i try to make a simple
>table(region[sex=1],type[sex=1])
>i get something as
>           type1 type2
>region1 0 0
>region2 0 0
>region3 0 0
>
>I don't know how to operate with the value labels.
>Sex is defined as 1 as "Man" and 2 as "Female".
>And region1 is 1, region2 is 2 and so on.
>So, how can i make reference to the value and not the value labels when
>i
>write down some condition or statement ?
>I know is simple, but using the help for readstata13 didn't clarify it
>to
>me.
>Thanks for your help and time.
>
>	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>______________________________________________
>R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>PLEASE do read the posting guide
>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.