gmm2199/cprdlabel

cprdlabel: a Stata command to automate the labelling of categorical variables provided by CPRD

cprdlabel: a Stata command to automate the labelling of categorical variables provided by CPRD

Installation

• Download cprdlabel by clicking here and then right-clicking on the raw button and selecting "Save link as...".

• Save the ado file in Stata's ado personal location. Use the sysdir command within Stata to find the location of the Stata ado personal folder.

Syntax

cprdlabel variable_to_label, lookup("lookup_name") location("lookup_path")

Example

cprdlabel gender, lookup("Gender") location("Z:\Aurum_Lookups_Feb_2022")

Notes

• Use cprdlabel individually for each variable that needs labelling. cprdlabel only works for one variable at a time.
• Use the CPRD data dictionary to find the relevant lookup for each variable.
• Stata has a limit of 65,536 individual labels within each defined label. cprdlabel therefore does not work with the "ConsSource" lookup.
• Store lookup location in a local macro for tidier code.