Subheadings within table (Stata 17)

[Vicki Vickerstaff]

Hi, all.

I am working with the updated -table- command in Stata 17, and am looking to produce a fairly standard, albeit large, "table 1". Is it possible to enter text subheadings between different variables?

As an example, I get a simple table running:

sysuse auto2.dta, clear

table var (), statistic(mean price mpg weight length) statistic(sd price mpg weight length)

Output:

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| Mean Standard deviation
--------------+-------------------------------
Price | 6165.257 2949.496
Mileage (mpg) | 21.2973 5.785503
Weight (lbs.) | 3019.459 777.1936
Length (in.) | 187.9324 22.26634
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However, I would like subheadings between variables such as the following (I've manually changed this table).

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| Mean Standard deviation
--------------+-------------------------------
Car features

Price | 6165.257 2949.496
Mileage (mpg) | 21.2973 5.785503

Car Size

Weight (lbs.) | 3019.459 777.1936
Length (in.) | 187.9324 22.26634
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Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Vicki