Introductory Stata 39: Graphs For Single Categorical Variable (bar chart)

A categorical variable takes on several values. It is also known as the discrete variable. We often see categorical variables, such as gender, educational attainment, race, marital status, union membership, occupation, and region of residence. The bar chart is the most commonly used graph for a single categorical variable.
Let's continue to use the dataset I created for the US workers. You can download the dataset from the link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAve...

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*39. Bar chart *
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capture log close
log using bar.log, text replace

set showbaselevels on

*Use the dataset I created for US workers
use "https://134997773-924437014403349320....", clear
describe
summarize

*Bar chart with over option
graph bar (count), over(educ)
graph bar (count), over(educ) blabel(bar)

*Bar chart with percent
graph bar (percent), over(educ)

*Horizontal bar chart
graph hbar (count), over(region)
graph hbar (count), over(region, sort(1))
graph hbar (count), over(region, sort(1) descending)

*Bar chart for median hourly wage
graph bar (median) hwage, over(educ)

*Bar chart over two categories
graph bar (mean) hwage, over(gender) over(educ)

*Bar chart over three categories
graph bar (mean) hwage, over(married) over(gender) over(educ)

log close


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