"Perhaps I need to create some other variables first (of the proportion of
each occupation for different incomes?) "
Do that and try a -graph dot- with the -asis- option turned on and
the -over- option present... You might have to play around with it a little
bit....
HTH
Martin
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From: "Gisella Young" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:43 PM
Subject: st: how to make an area graph showing distribution?
I am trying to make a chart showing the distribution of income by
occupation. On the x-axis I would like the distribution of income from 0 to
the highest. Then on the y-axis I want to show the proportion of people in
different occupations. I have a variable (occup) with 6 different
occupational categories. In other words, I want to show how the different
occupations fit into income distribution, by showing how the occupational
breakdown of income changes moving up the income spectrum. I thought an
area chart (summing to 100) would be the rest way to do this, although
there might be better ways which I would be open to suggestions. I have
tried the twoway area function with different variations, but it doesn't
seem to be right (just gives a crazy chart with lines all over) and I'm not
sure how to do it. Perhaps I need to create some other variables first (of
the proportion of each occupation for different incomes?) and then plot
those? I'm thinking that I
will need to have various bands (eg 100 or 25) for smoothness. I've tried
the help files and previous statalist queries, but I think I must be
looking for the wrong thing as it should be simple but I can't find a
solution! ANY suggestions would be appreciated!
best,
Gisella
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