#delimit ;
twoway (scatter change2006_10 childcare if time == 2010
& age == 2
& duration == 3,
mlab(geo2) mlabpos(0) msymbol(i)
/* Make sure to use mlabpos(0), not mlabpos(central) */
/* With mlabpos(central), all markers will be slightly off */
yscale(range(-12 12))), // Slightly rescale y-axis
xline(30) yline(0) // Add horizontal and vertical lines
xtitle("Performance"
"(% of children under 3 in formal childcare in 2010)")
ytitle("Progress"
"(Percentage point change 2006{char 150}10)")
text(-12 72 "Losing momentum")
text( 12 70 "Moving further ahead")
text(-12 10 "Falling further behind")
text( 12 5 "Catching up")
title("Progress towards the Barcelona targets,
2006{c 150}2010")
subtitle("Children under three years of age")
note("Data: Eurostat database (ilc_caindformal),
extraction date Aug 7, 2012", span);
// 'span' makes sure that the note
// starts on the very left side
#delimit cr
Aug 9, 2012
Random graphs (1): Complex scatterplot
Labels:
Eurostat data,
mlabpos(),
note,
Random graphs,
span,
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twoway scatter
