On Dec 24, 9:19 pm, Arthur Tabachneck <art...@netscape.net> wrote: > Same problem with Frequency, Severity and Relationship. > > Art > ----------- > On Dec 24, 8:56 pm, Patrick <patrick.mat...@gmx.ch> wrote: > > > For Pregnant: Your format is for a numeric variable but the variable > > is character. > > > Try: > > > VALUE $PREGNANT > > '1' ="Recently Pregnant" > > '2' ="Not Recently Pregnant" > > ; > > > HTH > > Patrick > > On Dec 24, 7:47 pm, Anne <amz51...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm trying to recode some variables and make new value labels for > > them. This generally works for most of the variables I am creating, > > but four variables stubbornly refuse to take the value labels I > > assign. Specifically, using the following code, PREGNANT, > > RELATIONSHIP, FREQUENCY, and SEVERITY simply do not take the value > > labels assigned, which is apparent when I check the Viewtable window. > > I've rewritten the code several times, but it doesn't seem to make a > > difference. And I'm not getting an error message when I run the code > > at all, so I have nothing to go on to help me determine where the > > problem is. Any help you can give would be much appreciated. > > > PROC FORMAT; > > VALUE $EDU > > 1 ="<12 Yrs" > > 2 ="12 Yrs" > > 3 =">12 Yrs" > > ; > > VALUE $RACE > > 1 ="Black" > > 2 ="White" > > 3 ="Hispanic" > > ; > > VALUE $MARITAL > > 1 ="Single" > > 2 ="Married" > > 3 ="Other" > > ; > > VALUE $RELATIONSHIP > > 1 ="Current" > > 2 ="Former/Ex" > > ; > > VALUE $PREGNANT > > 1 ="Recently Pregnant" > > 2 ="Not Recently Pregnant" > > ; > > VALUE $INCOME > > 1 ="<$5,000" > > 2 ="$5,000 to 10,000" > > 3 ="$10,000 to 20,000" > > 4 =">$20,000" > > ; > > VALUE $FREQUENCY > > 1 ="Yes" > > 2 ="No" > > ; > > VALUE $SEVERITY > > 1 ="Yes" > > 2 ="No" > > ; > > RUN; > > > data thesis.thesisdata2; > > set thesis.thesisdata1; > > IF B1AGE GE 18 AND B1AGE LE 20 THEN AGE = '18 to 20'; > > ELSE IF B1AGE GE 21 AND B1AGE LE 25 THEN AGE = '21 to 25'; > > ELSE IF B1AGE GE 26 AND B1AGE LE 30 THEN AGE = '26 to 30'; > > ELSE IF B1AGE GE 31 AND B1AGE LE 35 THEN AGE = '31 to 35'; > > ELSE IF B1AGE GE 36 THEN AGE = '36+'; > > IF B2EDU EQ 1 OR B2EDU EQ 2 OR B2EDU EQ 3 THEN EDU = '1'; > > ELSE IF B2EDU EQ 4 THEN EDU = '2'; > > ELSE IF B2EDU GE 5 AND B2EDU LE 9 THEN EDU = '3'; > > IF B6RACE EQ 1 THEN RACE = '1'; > > ELSE IF B6RACE EQ 2 THEN RACE = '2'; > > ELSE IF B6RACE EQ 3 THEN RACE = '3'; > > IF B8MARITL EQ 1 OR B8MARITL EQ 8 THEN MARITAL = '1'; > > ELSE IF B8MARITL GE 2 AND B8MARITL LE 3 THEN MARITAL = '2'; > > ELSE IF B8MARITL GE 4 AND B8MARITL LE 7 THEN MARITAL = '3'; > > IF RELAC1 IN (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) THEN RELATIONSHIP = '1'; > > ELSE IF RELAC1 IN (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11) THEN RELATIONSHIP = '2'; > > IF E13PRGNT IN (1, 2) THEN PREGNANT = '1'; > > ELSE IF E13PRGNT EQ 3 THEN PREGNANT = '2'; > > IF F17HINCM EQ 1 THEN INCOME = '1'; > > ELSE IF F17HINCM EQ 2 THEN INCOME = '2'; > > ELSE IF F17HINCM EQ 3 THEN INCOME = '3'; > > ELSE IF F17HINCM IN (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) THEN INCOME = '4'; > > IF N1FRQNCY EQ 1 THEN FREQUENCY = '1'; > > ELSE IF N1FRQNCY IN(2, 3) THEN FREQUENCY = '2'; > > IF N2SVRITY EQ 1 THEN SEVERITY = '1'; > > ELSE IF N2SVRITY IN (2, 3) THEN SEVERITY = '2'; > > > FORMAT EDU $EDU. RACE $RACE. MARITAL $MARITAL. INCOME $INCOME. > > RELATIONSHIP $RELATIONSHIP. PREGNANT $PREGNANT. FREQUENCY $FREQUENCY. > > SEVERITY $SEVERITY.; > > RUN; > > > Thanks, > > Anne

Hmmm. I wonder why the other formats worked then. They are written the same way.