Dbf to Dta file

[Erica Macca]

Hi there,

I'm wondering if it's possible to convert a DBF file to a DTA file for STATA. What commands should I use?

Thanks!

[Leonardo Guizzetti]

You'll need to explain what is a DBF file and what program has generated it. Do you mean dBase? If so, StatTransfer is a commercial solution that can perform that conversion. Stata provides a short list of files which it can read, and I don't see dbf as one of them.

You might be able to export your dbf contents from its native program to something that Stata can read, such as a CSV file, and then import that into Stata.

[George Ford]

You can open in MS Access and export to csv or xlsx.

[Rich Goldstein]

if "dbf" refers to dBase, you can use StatTransfer from Circle Systems; just use your favorite search engine

[Nick Cox]

Consider ODBC, starting with

help odbc