Adding x axis label to graph

[Hale Isaac]

Hi -I am using the margins command to interpret a three-way interaction. However, the graph seems to omit the x axis labels for the first graph ("year=0"). Is there anyway of telling Stata to keep all x axis labels (no/yes) for the three graphs?

margins year, at(femployment_=(0 1) price=(0 1)) noestimcheck
mplotoffset,recast(scatter)offset(0.1) by(year)

[Andrew Musau]

If your command is a wrapper for marginsplot, then add

byopts(ixaxes)

As always, if you are referencing a non-official Stata command, you need to tell us where it is from (FAQ Advice #12).

[Hale Isaac]

Thank you, Andrew. That fixes it, and noted for the future (re Stata commands).

[Nick Cox]

That's by design, but it should be easy enough to reverse. Consider this series:

sysuse nlsw88, clear
scatter wage hours, by(race)
scatter wage hours, by(race, ixaxes)

However, mplotoffset is community-contributed (from SSC), as you are asked to explain and I haven't used it, and there is no example data here. At a wild guess adding

byopts(ixaxes) 

might just work. If not, sorry about that, and you need other ideas.

[Hale Isaac]

Thank you, Nick. Luckily byopts does work with mplotoffset:

mplotoffset,recast(scatter)offset(0.1) by(year) byopts(ixaxes)

And produces the following graph:

[Nick Cox]

You probably have enough space there to insist on one row of plots, in which case the problem would not arise to be overcome.