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WORKING WITH DO FILES

First Stage of becoming a Programmer

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Objectives

The Objectives of this lecture are:Introduction to do files & their ImportanceMaking our first do fileWorking as a Professional

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Working with do files

Open the stata data file ‘roster without labels.dta’.Type describe to describe the variables. Note

that

no

labels

are

attached withdata,variables andvalues labels.

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Working with do files

We want to create a do file which attaches labels to data as well

as its variables and values of the variables. First we label the Data. Stata command is:Label data “Pakistan Integrated Household Survey”

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Working with do files

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Working with do files

To label the values of the variables, one must know the codes

(value label codes) which is given with the household data(questionnaire). Here is a brief code provided to explain the labels to be attached

with the values.

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Working with do files

We provide the labels with the help of following codes:

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Working with do files

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Working with do files

Now

copy

all

the

commands

in

Do

File Editor. Save it.

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Now run this ‘do file’.Type ‘describe to see

its impact.

Congratulations!

You have created your first do file.