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Stata 11 Sample Session Section 4 – Tables and Graphs, Survey estimation Using Excel to create columns from the table Another method is to copy the table from the Results window into Excel. Then use the method to convert text to columns that is provided in Excel. The left most cells in each column will contain the text for the entire row. Click on “Data”, then “Text to Columns”. The “Text to Columns Wizard will start. Follow the instructions in the wizard to divide the text into columns. Upon completion of the wizard, block the columns, copy and paste into your word processor. The table will be now in a Table in the word processor where you can easily manipulate the widths and other formatting as required. Below is an example of output from the Results window converted to columns in Excel and pasted into Word. Relation to head 0 to 10 11 to 19 20 to 60 61 and older Total -------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------head 0 6 296 41 343 0 1.75 86.3 11.95 100 0 2.22 47.13 83.67 22.57 -------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------wife/husband 0 25 280 5 310 0 8.06 90.32 1.61 100 0 9.26 44.59 10.2 20.39 -------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------son/daugher 503 184 31 0 718 70.06 25.63 4.32 0 100 87.78 68.15 4.94 0 47.24 -------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------mother/father 0 0 5 1 6 0 0 83.33 16.67 100 0 0 0.8 2.04 0.39 -------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------other relative 70 55 16 2 143 48.95 38.46 11.19 1.4 100 12.22 20.37 2.55 4.08 9.41 -------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- Total 573 270 628 49 1,520 37.7 17.76 41.32 3.22 100 100 100 100 100 100 Exercise 4.1. Select another table from your Session3.SMCL file. Use all three methods to copy another table from your log file into a word processor. Graphs The process to copy output to a word processor is basically the same for Graphics, such as pie charts and histograms, but there is more flexibility in the ways to save the file, along with more difficulties in getting just the look you want. As an example, we will look at the distribution of cashew tree ownership across households in the Mozambique data, using a histogram. Open a new do file and place the requisite information at the top, e.g. 104
Stata 11 Sample Session Section 4 – Tables and Graphs, Survey estimation capture log close log using session4, append /* session 4 - copying Tables and Graphs to a word processor */ /* tasks: /* Your name - date */ version 10 /* set memory if you need to */ clear all macro drop _all /* set the directory where you will work */ cd "C:\Documents and Settings\aec_user\My Documents\StataTraining" Save this do file under the name session4.do. We are now ready to open the household file that contains the tree ownership variable, c-hh.dta. 1. Click on File/Open 2. Select c-hh.dta and click on Open 3. Paste the command from the Results window to the do file editor. Remove the directory reference. Create the Histogram chart using the variable H57 (number of trees owned): 4. Select Graphics then Histogram. 5. In the Variable box select H57 (Number of cashew trees) . Note: you can specify whether the variable is continuous or discrete. 6. Under Bins, ✓ check the box next to width of bin and type 20 7. Under Y-Axis, click on the radio button next to Frequency 8. Click on the copy button, switch to the do-file editor, paste the command, switch back to the dialog box and click on Ok. The Stata command is: histogram h57, frequency width(20) Another window will open and you should see a histogram chart that looks like the one below: 105
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