Ilaria,
since you have one variable from which all the dummies are to be
created there are two ways how you could do it:
Instead of
gen dummy1=1 if nearesthospital==1
gen dummy2=1 if nearesthospital==1
...
// You could do:
gen dummy=1
separate dummy, by(nearesthospital)
drop dummy
// If you would like dummy variables that contain ones and zeros you should do:
tabulate nearesthospital, generate(dummy)
// Kind regards, sebastian!
On 10/27/05, Mosca, Ilaria <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I have the following dummies
> gen dummy1 = 1 if nearesthospital ==1
> gen dummy2 = 1 if nearesthospital ==2
> gen dummy3 = 1 if nearesthospital ==3
> gen dummy4 = 1 if nearesthospital ==4
> gen dummy5 = 1 if nearesthospital ==5
> Etc. etc.
>
> The number of dummies that have to be generated are up to 40 or more. I
> was thus thinking of creating a local macro for generating the dummies
> and avoiding typing the commands every single time. I read the macro
> section on the Stata User's Guide, but unfortunately cannot see how to
> apply the explanations to the above-mentioned case. Any idea?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Ilaria
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