Using Stata for Survey Data Analysis

Course requirements
In order to take full advantage of the materials taught in the course, trainees must have the following 
background: 
Conversational English that allows them to follow the instructions of the trainer 
Basic statistics such as familiarity with the concepts of means, variance, frequency 
distributions, and regression analysis 
Familiarity with computers, including the keyboard and mouse
Organization of the course
 
The training course is divided into ten sections. We will cover some material in all 10 sections, but 
we may not be able to cover all the material, depending on the background of the trainees. 
Section 1: Introduction to training guide

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Section 2: Review of survey data concepts 

Section 3: Introduction to Stata 
Section 4: Exploring data files
Section 5: Storing commands and output 
Section 6: Creating new variables and adding labels 
Section 7: Making tables to describe data 
Section 8: Modifying data files 
Section 9: Presenting data with graphs
Section 10: Regression analysis
Section 11: Introduction to programming with Stata
Each section will include some training in the use of Stata commands and a practical application of 
these commands to the analysis of the 2003 Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS). The 2003 BLSS 
contains many files, but we will focus our attention on the following two files: 
Table 1. Sample data programs from the 2003 BLSS
Questionnaire section 
Topic 
Level 
File name 
Block 2.1 to 2.5
Characteristics of household and 
head of household
Household 
households.dta 
Block 8 
Food consumption 
Food item 
foodexpend.dta