Hi Statalist,
I currently have a dataset that contains a sample of individuals; this dataset also contains a final weight variable that can be used to generate population estimates.
I would like to draw a distribution curve of a variable that measures income, by the educational attainment level of the individual. The end goal is to see two distributional curves - each curve representing a population with a specific educational attainment level - one superimposed on the other, and compare them. Ideally, I would make these comparisons based on the population, not on the sample.
The first thing that came to mind was a histogram command, but I noticed that the only curve that it can generate is a normal curve. That's not what I want. Then I thought about using a graph twoway scatterplot, but that too does not produce the distributional curve that I want. Any thoughts?
Many thanks in advance.
Best,
Holly Kosiewicz, M.A.
Research Associate
Research Center
Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
6935 Arlington Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
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