Hello Statalist friends,
I'd appreciate any feedback on this question: I'd like to create a
variable m_y, which I can sort in order of month over several years.
I've simulated data with:
. clear
. set obs 100
. gen id=_n // subject id
. gen month=1 + int(12*uniform())
. gen year=2008 + int(2*uniform())
. gen subject_type=1 + int(3*uniform())
. la def lab_subjects 1 "no reply" 2 "screened" 3 "sampled", modify
. la val subject_type lab_subjects
. list, noo
But, I'd like guidance on how to combine month and year into one
ordered variable, to appear with labels such as:
Jan 2008
Feb 2008
...
Jan 2009
Feb 2009
That ordered variable would then be displayed in the -by(month)-
option in this graph:
. catplot bar subject_type, by(month) stack asyvars ///
bar(1, bcolor(red)) ///
bar(2, bcolor(yellow)) ///
bar(3, bcolor(green))
I could use both -over- and -by-, but that looks awkward:
. catplot bar subject_type, by(year) over(month) stack asyvars ///
bar(1, bcolor(red)) ///
bar(2, bcolor(yellow)) ///
bar(3, bcolor(green))
Best wishes,
Michael McCulloch
Pine Street Foundation
124 Pine Street
San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674
tel: 415-407-1357
fax: 206-338-2391
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