Dec 19, 2014

Random graphs (41): Line plot

// DATASET: Employment rates by sex, age and nationality (%) [lfsa_ergan]
// LAST UPDATE: 27.11.14 13:37:54
// EXTRACTION DATE: 13.12.14 03:32:55
// SOURCE OF DATA: Eurostat

insheet using "lfsa_ergan_1_Data.csv", clear names

drop sex age citizen

// Generate country variable
*kountryadd "Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)" to "Germany" add
kountry geo, from(other) stuck marker
ren _ISO3N_ country
kountry  country, from(iso3n) to(iso2c)
ren  _ISO2C_ country_str
replace country_str = "UK" if country_str == "GB"
list country_str geo

replace country_str = "EU27" if geo == "European Union (27 countries)"
replace country_str = "EU28" if geo == "European Union (28 countries)"
replace country_str = "EU15" if geo == "European Union (15 countries)"

// Fix labor force participation rate

replace value = "" if value == ":"          // Fix missing data indicator 
destring value, replace                     // Convert to numeric

twoway (line value time if country_str == "NL") ///
       (line value time if country_str == "UK") ///
       (line value time if country_str == "EU15") ///
       (line value time if country_str == "ES") ///
      , legend(label(1 "NL") ///
               label(2 "UK") ///
               label(3 "EU-15") ///
               label(4 "ES") ///
               pos(5) ring(0)) ///
        xtitle("") ytitle("Female labor force participation rate") ///
        xlabel(1995(5)2010 2013) ///
       note(" " "{it: Source:} Eurostat, lfsa_ergan, date of extraction: 2014-12-13", span)