Looks like if you change storage type in line 93 from long to double
(and save it under a different name):
qui by `varlist' : gen double `freq' = sum(`expvar')
. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)
. replace weight = weight * 100000
weight was int now long
(74 real changes made)
. tab rep78 [fw=weight], m
Repair |
Record 1978 | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
1 |620,000,000 2.77 2.77
2 | 2683000000 12.01 14.78
3 | 9897000000 44.29 59.08
4 | 5166000000 23.12 82.20
5 | 2555000000 11.43 93.63
. | 1423000000 6.37 100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
Total |22344000000 100.00
. mycontract rep78 [fw=weight]
. format _f %20.0g
. clist
rep78 _freq
1. 1 620000000
2. 2 2683000000
3. 3 9897000000
4. 4 5166000000
5. 5 2555000000
6. . 1423000000
Scott
On Dec 20, 2007 3:32 PM, Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]> wrote:
> I discovered that -contract- drops observations when a weight with
> large numbers is used. What is the explanation for this and is
> -contract- designed to work this way?
>
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