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December 2004

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Problems with variable labels after transferring data from Epidata to Stata
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi: I'm a newcomer to Epidata and am holding a course on Data entry and analysis for our Masters students this week. I have a problem in that variable labels that seem to work well in Epidata 3.02 are not maintained properly after exporting the data to Stata. It works fine when exporting to SPSS. The pictures under http://www.cih.uib.no/presentations/hsommerfelt/EpidataLabels.JPG illustrate the problem. I would greatly appreciate advice on how to solve the problem. Yours sincerely Professor Halvor Sommerfelt, MD, PhD, DTM, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Armauer Hansen Building, N-5021 Bergen, Norway Ph: +47 5597 4987 Fax: +47 5597 4979 http://www.cih.uib.no

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RE: STATA labels
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Jens Thanks what you advise does fix the problem. However even if the uncompressed STATA file is used and Epidata wants 1.000 in stead of 1, 1.000 is stillnot recognised as a legal value, if you put in 1.000 it says illegal entry. However the whole problem is circumvented when compressing the file as you suggest. Thanks paul Rheeder -----Original Message----- From: epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca]On Behalf Of epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Sent: 30 November 2004 20:03 To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 13, Issue 9 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..."

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