Try gen age2534 = inrange(age,25,34)
..Frank
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Deborah Garvey
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Converting continuous to indicator variables
Hi, all.
SAS has a nice way of creating indicator variables from continuous
variables. Let's say I want an age indicator equal to 1 for respondents
ages 25 to 34 and 0 otherwise. (Missing data are not an issue here.) In SAS
I would simply type:
age 2534 = (25 le age le 34);
In STATA, however, the only way I know to create the same variable is to use
gen:
gen age2534 = (age>=25 & age < 35)
Question: Is there a better way to generate indicator variables from
continuous ones?
Thanks,
Deb Garvey
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