/*-------------------------------------------- Read in data from SAS transport file File ex6_prep.do Gillian Raab August 04 ------------------------------------------------*/ clear cd "C:\Documents and Settings\gillian raab\My Documents\aprojects\peaslaptop\ex6datafiles\data" fdause ex6.xpt,clear /*------------------------------------------- label define 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 offers to help would be welcome ---------------------------------------------*/ label define sector 1 "M" 2 "I" 3 "S" 4 "B" label values sector sector tabulate sector label define drgcode 0 "none" 1 "only cannabis" 2 "only glue" 3 "other drug or comb" label values drgcode1 drgcode label values drgcode2 drgcode label values drgcode3 drgcode label values drgcode4 drgcode label values drgcode5 drgcode label values drgcode6 drgcode label define sm 4 "Daily" 3 "Weekly" 2 " Less than weekly" 1 "Hardly ever" 0 "Non-smoker" label values sasmky80 sm label values sbsmky80 sm label values scsmky80 sm label values sdsmky80 sm label values sesmky80 sm label values sfsmky80 sm label define alc 5 "Few times/wk" 4 " Weekly" 3 "Monthly" 2 "Special occasions" 1 "hardly ever" 0 "Non-drinker" label values rbalcy80 alc label values rcalcy80 alc label values rdalcy80 alc label values realcy80 alc label values rfalcy80 alc label values raalcy80 alc label define gender 1 "Male" 2 "Female" label values gender gender label define ethgp 1 "non-white" 2 "white" label values ethgp ethgp label define szindep 0 "Manual/high deprivation" 1 "Non-manual/low deprivation" label values szindep szindep save "C:\Documents and Settings\gillian raab\My Documents\aprojects\peaslaptop\ex6datafiles\data\ex6.dta",replace