Before I opened the dataset I increased the memory:

 

. set mem 20m

 

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       log:  /Network/afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/m/r/mrosenfe/Desktop/first secti

> on.log

  log type:  text

 opened on:  13 May 2004, 10:22:54

. tabulate race

        p25 |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

------------+-----------------------------------

      White |    113,475       84.87       84.87

      Black |     13,626       10.19       95.06

Amer Indian |      1,894        1.42       96.47

      Asian |      4,715        3.53      100.00

------------+-----------------------------------

      Total |    133,710      100.00

. describe

Contains data from /Network/afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/m/r/mrosenfe/Desktop/cps_y

> 2k_numeric.dta

  obs:       133,710                          

 vars:            42                          8 May 2004 13:26

 size:     9,894,540 (52.8% of memory free)

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              storage  display     value

variable name   type   format      label      variable label

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

phseq           str5   %9s                    household sequence number p2

pernum          byte   %8.0g                 

age             byte   %8.0g                  p15

maritl          byte   %26.0g      marlbl     Marital Status p17

sex             byte   %8.0g       sexnm      p20

vet             byte   %22.0g      vetnm      veteran status p21

hga             byte   %8.0g                  Educational Attainment p22

race            byte   %11.0g      racenm     p25

reorigin        byte   %25.0g      hisplbl    Hispanic Origin p27

hrs1            byte   %8.0g                  hours worked last week p76

clswkr          byte   %32.0g      cwrknm     sector of worker p109

grswk           int    %9.0g                  gross weekly wages p135

unmem           byte   %13.0g      unnm       labor union member p139

lfsr            byte   %28.0g      lfsrnm     labor force status p145

ernval          float  %9.0g                  main job last year earnings p228

ssval           long   %12.0g                 last year soc security payments

                                                p291

pawval          int    %12.0g                 last year welfare payments p305

wgt2            int    %9.0g                  rounded weight based on p50

ernval2         float  %9.0g                  main job earnings, losses

                                                recoded to zero

htype           byte   %37.0g      htpnm      household type h25

state           byte   %8.0g                  HG-ST60, or simply state of

                                                residence h40

hpmsasz         byte   %8.0g                  metropolitan area size h56

hcccr           byte   %8.0g                  residence in central city h58

frelu18         byte   %8.0g                  number of kids in fam under 18

                                                f29

povll           byte   %8.0g                  ratio of fam income to poverty

                                                level f38

fwsval          float  %9.0g                  family income f48

famwgt2         int    %8.0g                  adjusted family weight f233

yrsed           float  %9.0g                  years of education, from hga

citizen         byte   %33.0g      citnm      citizenship p733

health          byte   %11.0g      hlthnm     self reported health status p800

occ             int    %8.0g                  occupation P 106

ptotr           byte   %8.0g                  total person income categories

                                                P466

penatvty        int    %8.0g                  country of birth P 722,

                                                Appendix H

pemntvty        int    %8.0g                  Mother's country of birth,

                                                P725, appendix H

pefntvty        int    %8.0g                  Father's country of birth,

                                                P728, appendix H

peinusyr        byte   %8.0g                  time of immigration, P 731

pxnatvty        byte   %8.0g                  allocation flag for country of

                                                birth P 734

hgmsac          int    %8.0g                  metropolitan area code, h44,

                                                appendix E

pppos2          byte   %8.0g                  family sequence number within

                                                each household p46

edlvl           byte   %16.0g      edlabel    4 categories ed attainment

hispanic        byte   %12.0g      smhisplbl

                                              dichotomoy hispanic yes/no

new_race        byte   %18.0g      new_race   race and Hispanic combined

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Sorted by: 

. tabulate race [fweight=wgt2]

        p25 |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

------------+-----------------------------------

      White |  224256269       82.07       82.07

      Black |   35370557       12.95       95.02

Amer Indian |  2,837,831        1.04       96.06

      Asian |   10769164        3.94      100.00

------------+-----------------------------------

      Total |  273233821      100.00

. tabulate citizen

                 citizenship p733 |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

----------------------------------+-----------------------------------

                native born in US |    116,220       86.92       86.92

      native, born in territories |      1,090        0.82       87.73

native, born abroad of US parents |        976        0.73       88.46

        foreign born, naturalized |      5,348        4.00       92.46

     foreign born, non US citizen |     10,076        7.54      100.00

----------------------------------+-----------------------------------

                            Total |    133,710      100.00

. tabulate citizen, nolab

citizenship |

       p733 |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

------------+-----------------------------------

          1 |    116,220       86.92       86.92

          2 |      1,090        0.82       87.73

          3 |        976        0.73       88.46

          4 |      5,348        4.00       92.46

          5 |     10,076        7.54      100.00

------------+-----------------------------------

      Total |    133,710      100.00

. tabulate race [fweight= wgt2] if citizen ==1

        p25 |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

------------+-----------------------------------

      White |  202518396       83.72       83.72

      Black |   32855204       13.58       97.30

Amer Indian |  2,602,267        1.08       98.38

      Asian |  3,919,511        1.62      100.00

------------+-----------------------------------

      Total |  241895378      100.00

. tabulate race [fweight= wgt2] if citizen >3

        p25 |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

------------+-----------------------------------

      White |   18903396       67.82       67.82

      Black |  2,204,617        7.91       75.73

Amer Indian |    186,251        0.67       76.40

      Asian |  6,576,912       23.60      100.00

------------+-----------------------------------

      Total |   27871176      100.00

. *This variable for race folds the Hispanics invisibly in.

. *There is a different race variable, new_race

. tabulate new_race [fweight= wgt2] if citizen ==1

 race and Hispanic |

          combined |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

-------------------+-----------------------------------

Non Hispanic White |  184802546       76.40       76.40

Non Hispanic Black |   32335886       13.37       89.77

NH American Indian |  2,396,086        0.99       90.76

          NH Asian |  3,839,534        1.59       92.34

          Hispanic |   18521326        7.66      100.00

-------------------+-----------------------------------

             Total |  241895378      100.00

. tabulate new_race [fweight= wgt2] if citizen >3

 race and Hispanic |

          combined |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

-------------------+-----------------------------------

Non Hispanic White |  7,017,464       25.18       25.18

Non Hispanic Black |  1,782,459        6.40       31.57

NH American Indian |     67,368        0.24       31.82

          NH Asian |  6,505,081       23.34       55.16

          Hispanic |   12498804       44.84      100.00

-------------------+-----------------------------------

             Total |   27871176      100.00

. sort sex

. by sex: tabulate new_race [fweight=wgt2] if citizen>3

_______________________________________________________________________________

-> sex = male

 race and Hispanic |

          combined |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

-------------------+-----------------------------------

Non Hispanic White |  3,451,074       24.98       24.98

Non Hispanic Black |    902,122        6.53       31.51

NH American Indian |     28,876        0.21       31.72

          NH Asian |  3,045,028       22.04       53.77

          Hispanic |  6,386,703       46.23      100.00

-------------------+-----------------------------------

             Total |   13813803      100.00

_______________________________________________________________________________

-> sex = female

 race and Hispanic |

          combined |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

-------------------+-----------------------------------

Non Hispanic White |  3,566,390       25.37       25.37

Non Hispanic Black |    880,337        6.26       31.63

NH American Indian |     38,492        0.27       31.91

          NH Asian |  3,460,053       24.61       56.52

          Hispanic |  6,112,101       43.48      100.00

-------------------+-----------------------------------

             Total |   14057373      100.00

. *there's only a slight difference in the racial profile of immigrant men and im

> migrant women

. *now on to summarize

. summarize yrsed

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max

-------------+--------------------------------------------------------

       yrsed |    133710    9.672582    5.912728          0         22

. summarize yrsed [fweight=wgt2]

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max

-------------+--------------------------------------------------------

       yrsed | 2.732e+08    9.862959    5.875305          0         22

. summarize yrsed [fweight=wgt2] if age>25 & age<36

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max

-------------+--------------------------------------------------------

       yrsed |  38455845    13.30201    2.706947          0         22

. by sex: summarize yrsed [fweight=wgt2] if age>25 & age<36

_______________________________________________________________________________

-> sex = male

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max

-------------+--------------------------------------------------------

       yrsed |  18915396    13.23455    2.769998          0         22

_______________________________________________________________________________

-> sex = female

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max

-------------+--------------------------------------------------------

       yrsed |  19540449    13.36731    2.642841          0         22

. by sex: summarize yrsed [fweight=wgt2] if age>25 & age<36, detail

_______________________________________________________________________________

-> sex = male

                years of education, from hga

-------------------------------------------------------------

      Percentiles      Smallest

 1%          5.5              0

 5%            9              0

10%           11              0       Obs            18915396

25%           12              0       Sum of Wgt.    18915396

50%           13                      Mean           13.23455

                        Largest       Std. Dev.      2.769998

75%           16             22

90%           16             22       Variance       7.672888

95%           17             22       Skewness       -.704283

99%           19             22       Kurtosis       6.569923

_______________________________________________________________________________

-> sex = female

                years of education, from hga

-------------------------------------------------------------

      Percentiles      Smallest

 1%          5.5              0

 5%            9              0

10%           12              0       Obs            19540449

25%           12              0       Sum of Wgt.    19540449

50%           13                      Mean           13.36731

                        Largest       Std. Dev.      2.642841

75%           16             22

90%           16             22       Variance       6.984611

95%           17             22       Skewness      -.8039238

99%           19             22       Kurtosis       6.885792

. *so the educational distributions of adult men and women look about the same

. exit, clear