Hi,
You do not need to create dummies for that, check -areg-. For example: areg y x1 x2, a(vid). For more complex models you could use the prefix -xi- in your command. Finally, if you really want to have the dummies try: qui tab vid, g(dum).
Rodrigo.
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De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Nirina F
Enviado el: Mi�rcoles, 14 de Mayo de 2008 01:46 p.m.
Para: [email protected]
Asunto: st: loop for creating my village dummies
Hello,
In order to do village fixed effect, I would like to create dummy variables for each name of villages, I have 124 villages in string
format:
My total number of observations is: 3200
type: string (str4)
unique values: 124
list vid in 1/5
+---------+
| vid |
|---------|
1. | V001 |
2. | V001 |
3. | V001 |
4. | V001 |
5. | V001 |
+---------+
I am not sure how to do it.
Thank you very much in advance
nirina
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