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Check Variable and Dataset description – STATA

Published on May 23, 2023
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Before starting this exercise, you should have “DataSet.dta” file. (Download link is given below)

Click here to download – “DataSet.dta”

Importing “.dta” file

use "DataSet.dta"

use "/Users/pankajchowdhury/Desktop/NFHS5/DataSet.dta"

I have the file located at “/Users/pankajchowdhury/Desktop/NFHS5/DataSet.dta”. Feel free to modify the file path according to your needs.

Code 1:

describe

Explanation : describe – This command will provide you all the information such as “variable name”, “storage type”,”display format”, “value label”, “variable label” for all the variables contained in your data set.

Results :


Observations	: 636,699
Variables	: 17
Variable name	Storage type	Display	Value label	Variable label
hv005	long	%12.0g	hv005	household sample weight (6 decimals)
hv024	byte	%40.0g	HV024	state
hv206	byte	%8.0g	HV206	has electricity
hv207	byte	%8.0g	HV207	has radio
hv209	byte	%8.0g	HV209	has refrigerator
Mobile	byte	%8.0g	HV243A	has mobile telephone
Computer	byte	%8.0g	HV243E	has a computer
sh48	int	%21.0g	SH48	what is the caste or tribe of the head of the household?
Internet	byte	%8.0g	SH50N	internet
HH_Owner	byte	%8.0g	SH61	does this household own this house or any other house?
Edu_Years	byte	%12.0g	Edu_Years	RECODE of hv108_01 (education completed in single years)
Caste	byte	%9.0g	Caste	RECODE of sh49 (is this a scheduled caste,a scheduled tribe, other backward class)
HH	byte	%9.0g	HH	RECODE of hv219 (sex of head of household)
Religion	byte	%9.0g	Religion	RECODE of sh47 (what is the religion of the head of the household?)
AgeGrp	byte	%9.0g	AgeGrp	RECODE of hv220 (age of head of household)
BPC	byte	%9.0g	BPC	RECODE of BPL_Card (does this household have a bpl card?)
HH_Type	byte	%10.0g	HH_Type	RECODE of HHType (house type (as defined in nfhs-2 and 3))

Code 2:

describe sh*

Explanation : describe sh* – This command will provide you all the information such as “variable name”, “storage type”, “display format”, “value label”, and “variable label” for those particular variables contained in your data set, starting with the letters “sh”.

Results :

Variable name	Storage type	Display format	Value label	Variable label
sh48	int	%21.0g	SH48	what is the caste or tribe of the head of the household?

Code 3:

describe , short

Explanation :describe , short– This command will provide you information related to ” total number of variables”, and “total number of observations” contained in your data set.

Code 4:

describe Religion

Explanation :describe Religion– This command will provide you all the information such as “variable name”, “storage type”, “display format”, “value label”, and “variable label” for a particular variable (“Religion” in this example) contained in your data set.

Result :