Dear all,
When data were input from questionnaires, epidata (version3.1) was
used. One question, as "Did you applied credit last year", was set as
"Boolean (yes/no)" in Epidata. But when data was exported to Stata
8.2, the result is very frustrating:
-des v1, detail-
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
v1 str1 %1s 1) did you
apply for a credit
in 2004
-sum v1, detail-
1) did you apply for a credit in 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------
no observations
-list v1-
+----+
| v1 |
|----|
1. | N |
2. | N |
3. | N |
4. | N |
5. | N |
|----|
6. | N |
7. | N |
8. | N |
9. | N |
10. | N |
|----|
11. | N |
12. | N |
13. | N |
14. | N |
15. | N
What I need is just a binary variable. Must I have to transform it to
numerical variable firstly and then label variables and values again
manually? Are there any other ways I can apply?
If I could foresee this problem, I would have defined variable v1 as
just numerical type in Epidata instead of "Boolean".
--
Xiangping JIA
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