Dummy Variables out of a Trichotomous Variable

[Mathew Freimuth]

Hi everybody,

I realize this probably has an extremely simple solution, but I'm relatively new to Stata. I have a trichotomous variable with the values 0,1, and 2. I am tasked with creating two dummy variables out of this variable. If it were three dummy variables, I'm fully aware on how to do that, but I need to create two dummy variables out of this trichotomous variable. Any help would be appreciated.

[Rich Goldstein]

if you are going to use this in estimating some model, you would do better using factor variable notation; see

h fvvarlist

if you need this for some other reason, you can use -tabulate- with the "gen()" option; see

h tabulate oneway

[Mathew Freimuth]

I'm sorry for the dumb question, but what does "h" stand for in that code?

[Rich Goldstein]

it stands for "help" which you would have known if you had tried it

[Jeremy Klicka]

it stands for "help" which you would have known if you had tried it

Hahaha, well put, Rich.