/*-------------------------------------------- Read in data from SAS transport file File ex3_prep.do Gillian Raab October 04 ------------------------------------------------*/ clear /*-------------------------- now read in file from SAS transport file-------------*/ cd "c:/documents and settings/gillian raab/my documents/aprojects/peas/web/exemp3/data" fdause ex3.xpt,clear /*------------------------------------------- value labels for all the variables This is to get over the problem of assigning SAS formats in Stata which I could not get to work. Any offeres to help would be welcome ---------------------------------------------*/ generate ageg = floor(age/5)-2 label define ageg 1 "16-19" label define ageg 2 "25-29",add label define ageg 3 "35-39",add label define ageg 4 "45-49",add label define ageg 5 "55-59",add label define ageg 6 "65-69",add label define ageg 7 "70-74",add label define ageg 8 "60-64",add label define ageg 9 "50-54",add label define ageg 10 "40-44",add label define ageg 11 "30-34",add label define ageg 12 "20-24",add label define cigst1 -9 "Refused/Not answered" label define cigst1 -8 "Dont know",add label define cigst1 -6 "schedule not obtained" ,add label define cigst1 -1 "not applicable" ,add label define cigst1 1 "Never smoked cigarettes at all" ,add label define cigst1 2 "Used to smoke cigarettes occasionally",add label define cigst1 3 "Used to smoke cigarettes regularly" ,add label define cigst1 4 "Current cigarette smoker" ,add label define cigst2 -9 "Refused/Not answered" label define cigst2 -8 "Don t know" ,add label define cigst2 -6 "schedule not obtained" ,add label define cigst2 -1 "not applicable" ,add label define cigst2 1 "Light smokers, under 10 a day" ,add label define cigst2 2 "Moderate smokers, 10 to under 20 a day" ,add label define cigst2 3 "Heavy smokers, 20 or more a day" ,add label define cigst2 4 "Don t know number smoked a day" ,add label define cigst2 5 "Non-smoker" ,add label define region 1 "Highlands & Islands" label define region 2 "Grampian & Tayside" ,add label define region 3 "Lothian & Fife" ,add label define region 4 "Borders, Dumfries & Galloway" ,add label define region 5 "Glagow" ,add label define region 6 "Lanarkshire,Ayrshire & Arran" ,add label define region 7 "Forth Valley, Argyll & Clyde" ,add label define hboard 101 "Ayreshire & Arran" label define hboard 102 "Borders" ,add label define hboard 103 "Argyll & Clyde" ,add label define hboard 104 "Fife" ,add label define hboard 105 "Greater Glasgow" ,add label define hboard 106 "Highland" ,add label define hboard 107 "Lanarkshire" ,add label define hboard 108 "Grampian" ,add label define hboard 109 "Orkney" ,add label define hboard 110 "Lothian" ,add label define hboard 111 "Tayside" ,add label define hboard 112 "Forth Valley" ,add label define hboard 113 "Western Isles" ,add label define hboard 114 "Dumfries & Galloway" ,add label define hboard 115 "Shetland" ,add label define sex 1 "male" 2 "female" label values ageg ageg label values cigst1 cigst1 label values cigst2 cigst2 label values region region label values hboard hboard label values sex sex save "C:\Documents and Settings\gillian raab\My Documents\aprojects\peas\web\exemp3\data\ex3.dta",replace