Table-related commands in STATA

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Abbreviations of commands

table (no abbv.)
tabulate ta
tab
tabstat (no abbv.)
summarize su

Differences between table, tabulate, tabstat, summarize

one-way two-way options
table
table v1

create a one-way table
of v1 with simple statistics

table v1 v2

create a two-way table
of v1 in row† and v2 in column†

,statistics( )
tabulate
tabulate v1

create a one-way table
of v1 with detailed statistics

tabulate v1 v2

create a two-way table
with v1 in row† and v2 in column†

,chi2

Pearson's chi-squared test; *only for two-way

,summarize(v3)

detailed statistics for v3

tabstat
tabstat v1

create a one-way table of v1
with detailed statistics

*no two- or multiple-way table
,statistics( )
,by(v3)

detailed statistics for each of v3

summarize
summarize v1

detailed statistics of v1

*no two- or multiple-way summary
,detail

† row = transverse direction, column = longitudinal direction

Sample data

Suppose we have such a dataset in STATA.

 

One-way

Summary of sex, a binary variable

table   Both reports frequency
but tabulate is more detailed
tabulate  
tabstat   Both reports mean
but summarize is more detailed
summarize  

Summary of data1, a continuous variable

table   Both reports frequency
but tabulate is more detailed
tabulate  
tabstat   Both reports mean
but summarize is more detailed
summarize  

Summary of SES, a categorical variable

table   Both reports frequency
but tabulate is more detailed
tabulate  
tabstat   Both reports mean
but summarize is more detailed
summarize