Dummy Variables

[lost_student]

I really new to Eviews and im a bit stuck.

I need to create dummy variables for various different variables.

I have data for gender e.g 1= male and 2= female
However i would like it to read -
female = 1 if female, 0 if otherwise
male = 1 if male, 0 if otherwise

If someone could point me in the right direction it would be great.

[startz]

smpl @all
series female = 0
smpl if gender=2
female = 1
smpl @all

[EViews Glenn]

Or you could use @recode

Code: Select all

series male = @recode(gender=1, 1, 0) series female = @recode(gender=2, 1, 0)

[EViews Gareth]

Or, just simply:

Code: Select all

series male = gender=1 series female = gender=2

[EViews Glenn]

Oh yeah. That's even better :)

[lost_student]

Thanks for the help, could someone tell me how to run the code please! (yes i'm really that bad at this)

EDIT: never mind i figures it out.