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Creating a Line Graph of Life Expectancy for Males and Females in the US, Slides of Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
Instructions on how to create a line graph using stata software to visualize the life expectancy trends for males and females in the us from 1900 to 2000. Various aspects of customizing the graph, such as adjusting labels, tick marks, titles, and legend positions.
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Making Professional Graphs
OBJECTIVES The main objectives are: In depth analysis of line graph In depth analysis of scatter graph Working with^ labels,^ legend^
and^ other
graphing options.
Line Graphs To get the same^ graph,^ we^ can^ simply
write^ the
previous command as follows: line^ le_female le_male year
80 70 60 50 40 1900 1920 1940 1960
(^1980 2000) YearLife expectancy, females Life expectancy, males
The^ same^ Graph^ is shown.
Line Graphs We can modify the ‘X labels’ and ‘Y labels’.For ‘X labels’, type the command: line le_male le_female year, xlabel(1900(10)2000) 80 70 60 50 40 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
(^2000) Year Life expectancy, males^ Life expectancy, females
Line Graphs We can do the same for the ‘Y-axis’. 80 70 60 50 40 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980
(^1990 2000) YearLife expectancy, males Life expectancy, females
line le_male le_female year, xlabel(1900(10)2000)xtic(1900(5)2000) ylabel(35(10)80) ytic(35(5)80)
Line Graphs Add a title to your graph.For this just add the title commands at the end of yourgraph.The command is: line le_male le_female year, xlabel(1900(10)2000)xtic(1900(5)2000) ylabel(35(10)80) ytic(35(5)80)title("LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES &FEMALES OF US ") xtitle("NO OF YEARS")ytitle("LIFE EXPECTANCY")
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Line Graphs The graph is shown below: 75 65 55 LIFE EXPECTANCY 45 35 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980
(^1990 2000) NO OF YEARS LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF USLife expectancy, males^ Life expectancy, females
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Line Graphs We can also adjust the size of the titles and also their marginfrom the graph.Just type the following command: line le_male le_female^ year,^ xlabel(1900(10)2000)xtic(1900(5)2000) ylabel(35(10)80)^ ytic(35(5)80)
title("LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF US ", size(large)margin(medium))^ xtitle("NO
OF^ YEARS",^ size(medium) margin(small))^ ytitle("LIFE
EXPECTANCY",^ size(medium) margin(small))
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Line Graphs Now make the X and Y labels small. i.e. make the font of xlabels (1900, …etc) small. line le_male le_female^ year,^ xlabel(1900(10)2000,
labs(small)) xtic(1900(5)2000)^ ylabel(35(10)
,^ labs(small) )^ ytic(35(5)80) title("LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF US ",size(large)^ margin(medium))
xtitle("NO^ OF^ YEARS", size(medium)^ margin(small))
ytitle("LIFE^ EXPECTANCY", size(medium) margin(small))
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Line Graphs The graph is shown below: 75 65 55 45 LIFE EXPECTANCY 35 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980
(^1990 2000) NO OF YEARS LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF USLife expectancy, males^ Life expectancy, females
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Line GraphsThe Stata command is: line le_male le_female^ year,^ xlabel(1900(10)2000,
labs(small)) xtic(1900(5)2000)^ ylabel(35(10)80,
labs(small))^ ytic(35(5)80) title("LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF US ",size(large)^ margin(medium))
xtitle("NO^ OF^ YEARS", size(medium)^ margin(small))
ytitle("LIFE^ EXPECTANCY", size(medium) margin(small)) leg(pos(6)) Try the following options for the legends: leg(pos(9))leg(pos(3))leg(pos(-3))(Note: The last command will use the default value b/c -3 is out ofrange).
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Line Graphs The graph is shown: 75 65 55 45 LIFE EXPECTANCY 35 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970
(^1980 1990 2000) NO OF YEARSLife expectancy, males Life expectancy, females LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF US
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Line Graphs The graph is shown below: 75 65 55 45 LIFE EXPECTANCY 35 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970
(^1980 1990 2000) NO OF YEARSLife expectancy, malesLife expectancy, females LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF US
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Line GraphsYou can also stack the legends one above the other byusing the command: line le_male le_female^ year,^ xlabel(1900(10)2000,
labs(small)) xtic(1900(5)2000)^ ylabel(35(10)80,
labs(small))^ ytic(35(5)80) title("LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MALES & FEMALES OF US ",size(large)^ margin(medium))
xtitle("NO^ OF^ YEARS", size(medium)^ margin(small))
ytitle("LIFE^ EXPECTANCY", size(medium) margin(small)) leg(col(1) stack pos(6))