Alicia Hofelich Mohr ajhmohr
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How to read and write STATA variable and value labels from R.
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| # Using read.dta() to load a sample STATA data file | |
| dta <- read.dta("my_toy_data.dta") | |
| # Let's describe dta | |
| str(dta) | |
| #'data.frame': 95202 obs. of 13 variables: | |
| # $ hh : num 1.01e+09 1.01e+09 1.01e+09 1.01e+09 1.01e+09 ... | |
| #$ h14aq2 : Factor w/ 61 levels "matooke","matooke",..: 50 51 34 47 57 41 22 1 13 53 ... | |
| #$ h14aq3 : Factor w/ 93 levels "Kilogram (kg)",..: 51 26 85 1 NA 1 55 70 1 33 ... | |
| #$ h14aq4 : num 0.5 4 4 1 NA 1.5 5 3 4 10 ... |