clear
clear
set seed 1
set obs 1000
// Generate variables
generate female = (runiform() > .48)
generate health = 1 - female * rnormal(0.5, 1) + 0.1 * rnormal(3, 1)
// Recode predictor variable
center female
recode female (0 = -1), gen(e_female)
eststo clear
eststo: regress health female
eststo: regress health c_female
eststo: regress health e_female
esttab, cells(b(fmt(2))) rename(c_female female e_female female) ///
mtitle("Dummy" "Centering" "Effect") nonumber ///
coeflabel(female "Female (ref. male)" _cons "Intercept") ///
varwidth(18) collabel("") stats(N, fmt(%9.0gc)) ///
title(Comparing different types of centering)
