st: Summarizing variables

[Lisa Cook <hlthsrvcsphd@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I'm trying to output values for two variables using Stata/IC 11.2 for Windows.

My dataset includes about 50,000 patients grouped in about 50 primary
care practices. I've created some practice-level variables like
weights and practice-level means, but I'm having trouble getting Stata
to output what I want. My immediate goal is to get Stata to list the
practice IDs and practice weights in a table like this:

practice_code      practwt
120                      .034
130                      .045
etc.

I can get Stata to give me the practice weights if I tell it:

by practice_code, sort: ta practwt

But the output is ugly and impossible to copy into Excel:

-> practice_code = 92

    practwt |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
   .0068969 |        367      100.00      100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
      Total |        367      100.00

I've downloaded the program "vallist", hoping it would do what I
needed, but it doesn't. Any other user-written programs out there? Or
is there an option in a built-in program that I should be using?

Thanks,
Lisa
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