Customizable tables in Stata 17: Two-way tables of summary statistics

This video demonstrates how to create two-way tables of summary statistics using customizable tables in Stata 17. The code below can be used to reproduce the tables shown in this video.

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Table of frequencies
table (sex race)

Suppress the totals
table (sex race), nototals

Add percentages
table (sex race), nototals statistic(freq) statistic(percent)

Add the mean and standard deviation of age
table (sex race), nototals statistic(freq) statistic(percent) ///
statistic(mean age) statistic(sd age)

Format the percentages
table (sex race), nototals statistic(freq) statistic(percent) ///
statistic(mean age) statistic(sd age) nformat(%9.1f percent) ///
sformat(%s%% percent)

Format the means and standard deviations as well
table (sex race), nototals statistic(freq) statistic(percent) ///
statistic(mean age) statistic(sd age) nformat(%9.1f percent mean sd) ///
sformat(%s%% percent)

Modify the label for the standard deviations
collect label levels result sd "SD", modify

Remove the border on the right side and change the font
collect style cell, border(right, pattern(nil)) font(arial)

Export the table to a .docx file
collect export table.docx

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