--- NBER Test <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to label extended missing values from a
> dataset:
> 1
> .a
> .b
> 2
> with
> label define q1 1 "a1" 2 "a2" .a "unsure" .b "won't
> tell"
> The data infiles without error. However,
> . tab q1 if q1 < .
>
> Question 1 | Freq. Percent Cum.
> ------------+-----------------------------------
> a1 | 1 50.00 50.00
> a2 | 1 50.00 100.00
> ------------+-----------------------------------
> Total | 2 100.00
>
> does not display "unsure" and "won't tell". What
> needs to be done to display these values?
and Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]> noted that
. < .a < .b
However, to get the extra values to display you still need to
specifically request the option [, missing]
tab q1, mi
and if there are "traditional" missing values (.) you want to exclude
then use
tab q1 if q1!=., mi
Steve
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