[R] Importint stata file and using value labels

Juan Ceccarelli Arias
2016-08-25T16:49:03Z

> str(sex)
 Factor w/ 2 levels "Hombre","Mujer": 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:42 PM, <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote:

> Maybe sex is a factor and Man its label. Factors are coded internally as
> integers, to see it use
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> str(sex)
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> Rui Barradas
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> Citando Juan Ceccarelli Arias <jfca283 at gmail.com>:
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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".
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> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:39 PM, <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote:
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>> *Hello, Try instead table(region[sex==1],type[sex=*=1])
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>> To test for equality use == not =.
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>> Hope this helps,
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>> Rui Barradas
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>> *Citando Juan Ceccarelli Arias <jfca283 at gmail.com <jfca283 at
gmail.com>>:*
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>> *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
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>> 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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