Creating custom .tex tables from results stored in .dta

[Noah Spencer]

Hello,
I am wondering if there's a good way to get results from .dta to .tex.

I've been storing my (synthetic control method) results in a .dta file and then manually typing them into .tex, but I'd like to automate this process.

This is what my results in Stata look like:

* Example generated by -dataex-. For more info, type help dataex
clear
input str18 var float(treatment_effect pval actual_deaths synth_deaths)
"deaths"          .3891718 .02 977 795
"male_deaths"     .6172195 .02 704 560
"white_deaths"    .5928732 .02 873 634
"female_deaths"    .219206 .16 273 222
"nonwhite_deaths" -.280511  .2 104 122
end

I want to automate the process of getting them into the following .tex table:


\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\centering
\caption{Table 2}
\label{main_results}
\begin{tabular}{cccc}
\toprule
& Monthly ATT & Actual Deaths & Synthetic Deaths \\
\midrule
All Deaths & 0.39** & 977 & 795 \\
& (0.02) & & \\
White Deaths & 0.59** & 873 & 634 \\
& (0.02) & & \\
Non-white Deaths & -0.28 & 104 & 122 \\
& (0.20) & & \\
Male Deaths & 0.62** & 704 & 560 \\
& (0.02) & & \\
Female Deaths & 0.22 & 273 & 222 \\
& (0.16) & & \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\begin{tablenotes}\footnotesize
\item[a] Table description: This table shows my main results.
\item[b] Numbers in round brackets are p-values obtained from the in-space placebo tests.
\item[c] \sym{*} \(p<0.10\), \sym{**} \(p<0.05\), \sym{***} \(p<0.01\)
\end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}

[Todd Jones]

I like to save the results in globals and create the table using texdoc, like: https://twitter.com/toddrjones/statu...13432326438913. It's definitely not fully automatic, but it has the advantage of allowing you to get the table exactly how you want it every time.

[Andrew Musau]

ssc install texsave, replace
help texsave

[Noah Spencer]

Thanks both! Todd, this is the kind of thing I had in mind; I'll give it a try!