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Re: st: how to code results from ineqdeco into new variable
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Megan Sheahan <[email protected]>
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Re: st: how to code results from ineqdeco into new variable
Date
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:20:16 -0500
"vil" is a double numeric variable; "totasvalall_10" is a long numeric
variable.
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> -ineqdeco- is from SSC.
>
> Works for me:
>
> . sysuse auto, clear
> (1978 Automobile Data)
>
> . qui ineqdeco mpg, by(rep78)
>
> . gen gini = .
> (74 missing values generated)
>
> . qui foreach v in 1 2 3 4 5 {
>
> . tabdisp rep78, c(gini)
>
> ----------------------
> Repair |
> Record |
> 1978 | gini
> ----------+-----------
> 1 | .0714286
> 2 | .1021242
> 3 | .1152087
> 4 | .1259259
> 5 | .1697372
> . |
> ----------------------
>
> Is -vil- a string variable?
>
> Nick
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Megan Sheahan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the package for ineqdeco and am attempting to make
>> village-level (denoted by variable "vil" in my data) gini coefficients
>> using a variable in my data set called "totasvalall_10." I am trying
>> to do this by running the command ineqdeco by vil, then trying to have
>> Stata recall those values and put them into a variable named "gini."
>>
>> Below is the syntax that was suggested to me, although Stata is unable
>> to recall any of the gini coefficients after running the second line.
>> When it runs the "replace" line of code, no values are inserted into
>> the variable "gini." So, it appears that Stata is not remembering the
>> information after running ineqdeco. Am I missing something? I am using
>> Stata 11.
>>
>> generate gini=.
>> ineqdeco totasvalall_10, by(vil)
>> foreach z in 1111 1112 1113 1114 1211 1221 1222 1311 ///
>> 3111 3112 3211 3212 3213 3214 3311 3312 3313 3314 ///
>> 3411 3412 3413 3414 3415 3416 3511 3512 4111 4112 4113 4114 ///
>> 4115 4116 4211 4212 4221 4222 4223 4224 4231 4232 ///
>> 5111 5112 5113 5121 5122 5131 5211 5212 5213 ///
>> 5214 5221 5222 5223 5224 5231 5232 5311 5312 5313 5314 6111 ///
>> 6112 6121 6122 6131 6132 6221 6222 6223 6224 6231 6232 6233 ///
>> 6234 7111 7112 7113 7114 7211 7212 7221 7222 7231 7232 7233 ///
>> 7234 7311 7312 7411 7412 7413 7421 7511 7512 7521 7522 7523 ///
>> 7524{
>> replace gini=r(gini_`z') if vil==`z'
>> }
>>
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