Re: st: calculating proportions

[Ekaterina Hertog <ekaterina.hertog@sociology.ox.ac.uk>]

Hello Oliver,
Here is as far as I got:

table income sex, c(freq) replace
rename table1 freq
bysort sex: egen totrefsex=total(freq)
gen populincprop = (freq*100)/totrefsex

As a result I have a table which gives me proportions of the total 
population of each sex for every income level reported. What I need, 
however is to calculate the proportions of members of the opposite sex 
that earn as much, more and less than self and I cannot think of a neat 
way to do this.
Ekaterina

On 20/02/2012 12:11, Oliver Jones wrote:
> Hello Ekaterina,
>
> it would be helpful if you provide the code you have written.
>
> Kind regards
> Oliver
>
>
> Am 20.02.2012 12:49, schrieb Ekaterina Hertog:
> > Dear all,
> > I use Stata 12. I have a dataset which includes id number, sex and income information for
> > every individual. I would like to construct for every man 3 variables: what is the proportion
> > of the total female population that earns as much as he does, that earns less than he does,
> > and that earns more than he does. I have tried creating a table which gives me frequencies of
> > individuals by sex by income, but am getting stuck at that stage.
> > Any help would be appreciated,
> > Ekaterina
> >
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