Re: st: Labeling values of variables

[Philipp Rehm <philipp.rehm@gmx.de>]

This doesn't do exactly what you want, but may be helpful.
I tend to -decode- the variables I use with -xi-. The labels are more 
informative that way.

In your example, I would do something like:

decode relation, gen(RELATION)
decode sex, gen(SEX)
xi i.RELATION*i.SEX

The automatically assigned labels (in Stata 9.2, Win XP) then become 
(examples):
RELATION==divorced & SEX==male
RELATION==married & SEX==male
RELATION==single & SEX==male
etc.

But again, not exactly the output you are looking for.

HTH anyway,
Philipp



Peter Dijkstra wrote:

> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I like to have sensible value labels of variables, and use
>    label define relation 0 "single" 1 "married" 2 "divorced"
>    label define sex 0 "female" 1 "male"
> in StataSE 8.2. However, when using
>    xi i.relation * i.sex
> the labels automatically become "relation==1 & sex==1", "relation==2 & sex==1". How do I obtain labels which say "married male" and "divorced male"?
>
> @Nick: I know that I have to mention my version of Stata, but sometimes I do forget...sorry.
>
> Cheers, Peter
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