Data Entry - Agricultural Statistical Data Analysis Using Stata - page 31

are many formats available for a variety of situations including formats
for text, numbers, dates, and time.
A Value Label can be used to substitute a meaningful label for a num-
ber in the dataset. For example, your dataset may use a 1 for male and 2
for female. Someone reading that variable (even if labeled sex ) may not
know how the numbers are used. A value label can solve this problem.
Select the button in the Value Label and another dialog appears. Select
the Create Label button and give this value label a name (Figure 2.2).
At this point, you can begin entering the numbers from this variable
and giving them a value label. Once named, the label names can be
defined for the numeric data. Data in the Data Editor will appear in
one of three colors: black, red, or blue. Numeric values will be black,
Figure 2.2 Manage Value Labels window for creating value labels and the Create Label dialog
after the Create Label button has been selected on a Windows computer.