median value in STATA

[rumana akter]

Dear Statalist,

Is it possible to get MEDIAN value in STATA. For example I want to know Median weight or age of adults of my survey population. May I know how can I get it.

Thank you !

[Saad Al]

Hello Rumana,

You can use

sum age, d

I hope this helps

[rumana akter]

This command gives mean only.
But I am looking for MEDIAN.

Thank you

[Saad Al]

It gives more than the mean. Make sure you add the detail:

sum age, detail

The median is basically your 50% Percentile

You can also use:

 
 univar age

Mdn is your Median

If the univar code is not installed in your stata, you can simply copy this code and paste it in your command:

 ssc install univar

Good luck

[David Benson]

Try -tabstat-.

tabstat varlist, stats(n mean median min max)

[rumana akter]

Thank you so much! These are very helpful!

[Phil Bromiley]

As Saad noted, summary x, d gives the mean as the 50th percentile. You can access it if you need it using r(p50). Egen will also calculate medians and will do it by subgroups so if you need a variable with the median, egen is easier.

[Nick Cox]

Phil intended to say

median as the 50th percentile.