I have two questions on the use of weights with -table- and
-tabulate-.
(1) Can the frequencies be rounded when -tabulate- is used with
weights. My weight looks like this:
Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
---------+-----------------------------------------------------
sweight | 28791 1.004766 .127654 .787363 1.231606
The command
tab male [aw=sweight]
yields this table:
Male | Freq. Percent Cum.
------+-----------------------------------
0 | 14893.9698 51.73 51.73
1 | 13897.0302 48.27 100.00
------+-----------------------------------
Total | 28791 100.00
I prefer the frequencies to be shown as 14894 and 13897. Can this be
done?
(2) Why has the weight no effect on the output of -table-?
When I type
table male [aw=sweight]
I get this table:
----------------------
Male | Freq.
----------+-----------
0 | 14,862
1 | 13,929
----------------------
This is the same as the unweighted frequency distribution.
I looked at the manuals, the FAQs, and the list archive and found no
answer to these questions. I use Stata 7.
Thank you for your help.
Friedrich Huebler
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