How to convert string varaible into numeric using encode command in Stata
This video is used to encode variable in stata. The encode command converts string variable into numerical and value label them. it is used for xtset command also as xtset command do not accept string variable.
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00:00 Intro to encode
2:20 Convert categorical variable into numeric
5:33 Assign custom label in encode
10:21 Reduce size of data
13:08 Decode
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