Using Stata to Create Bar Graphs

Bar graphs provide a way to examine a continuous or quantitative measure across one or more discrete measures. In this video see how to create simple bar graphs and learn about the over suboption in Stata.

[SkiBumK]

Hello, thanks for the useful video. 2 questions: 1) How did you get the bars to be different colors in the last graph? 2) How can I change the color of a single bar? TIA

[paulonieto]

Hi man! Thanks a lot, it was very useful!! Greetings from Colombia!

[beatriceruocco]

hi! there is a way to make a bar graph on stata without making the mean(or median)? I only want to plot my data, hist doesn't work because I have the mean and the median of two variables to plot over a string variable. With graph bar stata plots the mean of the mean and the mean of the median. How I can solve it? Thanks

[GillTokyo]

Hello, great video, thank you!
I have a really simple question, I would like to graph means and sd bars for several different variables (over country, where I compare the country mean for one country with other countries in the study) on one chart for each variable.
if you have time to help me with the code, I would be very grateful.

[kennah]

How would you go about producing bar charts with percentages as opposed to the mean or percentiles

[librarystudyntour]

/*
Using Stata to create bar graphs
*/

/* Basic bar graph examples - Summarize the mean */
summarize realrinc
graph bar realrinc, name(bar1, replace) // Start with a default graph and add options.

tabstat realrinc, by(marital)
graph bar realrinc, over(marital) name(bar2, replace) //

/* Using multiple -over()- options */
graph bar agewed, over(divorce) over(sex) name(box1, replace)
graph bar agewed, over(sex) over(divorce) name(box2, replace)
graph bar agewed, over(sex) over(divorce) name(box2, replace) asy // as y variable
graph hbar agewed, over(sex) over(divorce) name(box2, replace)

/* Relabeling */
#delimit ;
graph bar agewed, over(sex, relabel(1 "Men" 2 "Women")) // Note relabel within over.
over(divorce, relabel(1 "Divorced" 2 "Not divorced"))
name(bar1, replace);
#delimit cr

/* Displaying different statistics */
#delimit ;
graph bar (p75) agewed, over(sex, relabel(1 "Men" 2 "Women"))
over(divorce, relabel(1 "Divorced" 2 "Not divorced"))
name(bar1, replace);
#delimit cr

/* Example of a polished graphic */
#delimit ;
graph bar agewed, over(sex, relabel(1 "Men" 2 "Women"))
over(divorce, relabel(1 "Divorced" 2 "Not divorced"))
bargap(10)
title("Age When First Married by Gender and Ever Divorced", span)
ytitle("Age")
note("Source: General Social Survey, 2006")
ymtick(10(5)40)
legend(col(1) ring(0) position(1))
graphregion(color(white))
name(box4, replace);
#delimit cr

[mantshonyanelent]

Anyboyu know how you can add the IQR after computing median bar graph?Thanks alot

[bruhankm]

Hi ... I would like to know how to superimpose the bar graphs. Any help in this regard is highly appreciated

[gonzalyu]

Very useful video. 

I do have a question. How can you graph a bar with percentage instead of means?

[juliorivas]

i dont get it, what if I need just a single categoric variable? how to do a graph bar?

[claire]

Help! I need to be able to use error bars with bar graphs. Thanks :)

[sonoman]

how do I can add the SD to a mean bar graph?

[lauradagostini]

It's usefull, thank you! I have a question: how can I add to my graph the stars of significance? In fact between the symbols I found there aren't any stars...

[danieldelahormaza]

Anybody out there knows what does "asis" works for?

[PeniHausia]

#delimit ;
graph bar Agewed, over(Sex,    relabel(1 "Men" 2 "Women"))
      over(Divorced, relabel(1 "Divorced" 2 "Never divorced")
  bargap(10)
  asy
  title("Average Age First Married by Gender and Ever Divorced", span)
  ytitle("")
  note("Source: General Social Survey, 2006")
  ymtick(10(5)25)
  legend(col(1) ring(0) position(11))
  graphregion(color(white))
  name(bar4, replace);
#delimit crWhat's wrong with my syntax - I tried so many times but it keeps saying - parentheses do not balance