Summary statistics with categorical variables

[Mattia Rossi]

Hi, i was trying to compute the summary statistics for a set of categorical variables and used asdoc to export it to use .

asdoc su i.qd1 qd7 i.edu i.qd10 i.area5 i.pop_com

As im working with categorical variables i was looking for the mean/perchentage only so i added the specification but then i am getting an error that says "factor-variable and time-series operators not allowed"

asdoc su i.qd1 qd7 i.edu i.qd10 i.area5 i.pop_com, stat(mean)


Thanks in advance

[Nick Cox]

Please see FAQ Advice #12. asdoc is community-contributed from SSC, so it is requested that you explain that. It's also a good idea to mention asdoc in your thread title and to ping Attaullah Shah, the author.

For example, your thread title is interesting to me, but on reading the question I see that it may need to be answered by someone who knows this command.

[Mattia Rossi]

Please see FAQ Advice #12. asdoc is community-contributed from SSC, so it is requested that you explain that. It's also a good idea to mention asdoc in your thread title and to ping Attaullah Shah, the author.

For example, your thread title is interesting to me, but on reading the question I see that it may need to be answered by someone who knows this command.

Okay thanks! Shall i make a new thread?

[Nick Cox]

On balance, No.

[Attaullah Shah]

In asdoc, factor variables are allowed only when you use the sum command without the option stat(). I shall add support for this in asdocx