st: RE: table command and missing values in row variable

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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BTW, Jeremy, what is so good about -table- here since all you seem to want
are frequencies of the joint distribution of "foreign" and "rep78"?
-tabulate- is prefectly capable of providing them. In this constellation, I
think it is logically impossible for you to get a row with all missings, so
you cannot see the real meaning of -concise- with your example.


HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Jeremy Page
Sent: Mittwoch, 26. Mai 2010 21:25
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: table command and missing values in row variable

Hello Everybody,

I am using Stata/SE 10.1 with Windows XP.  I am attempting to create a
table using the -table- command with a row variable which has missing
values.  I would like the missing value of the row variable to be
included in the table, but when I use -table- the missing observations
are not shown in the table.  I am a little confused at why the missing
values don't appear in the table.  In the help section there is an
option called -concise- which is supposed to "suppress rows with all
missing entries."  This leads me to believe that the table command
without the -concise- option should list the missing values.  Am I
interpreting the help file incorrectly?  I have reproduced my problem
using the auto data.  I have included my .do file and log below.

When I run a two way -tab- with "rep78", "foreign" and I include the
missing option I see the missing values of "rep78".  When I use
-table- the missing values of "rep78" are suppressed with or without
the option -concise-.

Thanks for your input.

Best,

Jeremy

************do**************

clear all

webuse auto

tab rep78 foreign,m

table rep78 foreign
table rep78 foreign, concise



***********log ****************

. clear all

.
. webuse auto
(1978 Automobile Data)

.
. tab rep78 foreign,m

    Repair |
    Record |       Car type
      1978 |  Domestic    Foreign |     Total
-----------+------------------
----+----------
         1 |         2          0 |         2
         2 |         8          0 |         8
         3 |        27          3 |        30
         4 |         9          9 |        18
         5 |         2          9 |        11
         . |         4          1 |         5
-----------+----------------------+----------
     Total |        52         22 |        74


.
.
. table rep78 foreign

------------------------------
Repair    |
Record    |      Car type
1978      | Domestic   Foreign
----------+-------------------
        1 |        2
        2 |        8
        3 |       27         3
        4 |        9         9
        5 |        2         9
------------------------------

. table rep78 foreign, concise

------------------------------
Repair    |
Record    |      Car type
1978      | Domestic   Foreign
----------+-------------------
        1 |        2
        2 |        8
        3 |       27         3
        4 |        9         9
        5 |        2         9
------------------------------

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