Documentation for esttab

help esttab                           also see: estout, eststo, estadd, estpost
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Title

    esttab -- Display formatted regression table


Table of contents

    Syntax
    Description
    Options
    Examples
    Backmatter


Syntax

        esttab [ namelist ] [ using filename ] [ , options ]


    where namelist is a name, a list of names, or _all. The * and ? wildcards
    are allowed in namelist. A name may also be ., meaning the current
    (active) estimates.


    options              description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Main
      b(fmt)             specify format for point estimates
      beta[(fmt)]        display beta coefficients instead of point est's
      main(name [fmt])   display contents of e(name) instead of point e's
      t(fmt)             specify format for t-statistics
      abs                use absolute value of t-statistics
      not                suppress t-statistics
      z[(fmt)]           display z-statistics (affects label only)
      se[(fmt)]          display standard errors instead of t-statistics
      p[(fmt)]           display p-values instead of t-statistics
      ci[(fmt)]          display confidence intervals instead of t-stat's
      aux(name [fmt])    display contents of e(name) instead of t-stat's
      [no]constant       do not/do report the intercept

    Significance stars
      [no]star[(list)]   do not/do report significance stars
      staraux            attach stars to t-stat's instead of point est's

    Summary statistics
      r2|ar2|pr2[(fmt)]  display (adjusted, pseudo) R-squared
      aic|bic[(fmt)]     display Akaike's or Schwarz's information crit.
      scalars(list)      display any other scalars contained in e()
      sfmt(fmt [...])    set format(s) for scalars()
      noobs              do not display the number of observations
      obslast            place the number of observations last

    Layout
      wide               place point est's and t-stat's beside one another
      onecell            combine point est's and t-stat's in a single cell
      [no]parentheses    do not/do print parentheses around t-statistics
      brackets           use brackets instead of parentheses
      [no]gaps           suppress/add vertical spacing
      [no]lines          suppress/add horizontal lines
      noeqlines          suppress lines between equations
      compress           reduce horizontal spacing
      plain              produce a minimally formatted table

    Labeling
      label              make use of variable labels
      interaction(str)   specify interaction operator
      title(string)      specify a title for the table
      mtitles[(list)]    specify model titles to appear in table header
      nomtitles          disable model titles
      [no]depvars        do not/do use dependent variables as model titles
      [no]numbers        do not/do print model numbers in table header
      coeflabels(list)   specify labels for coefficients
      [no]notes          suppress/add notes in the table footer
      addnotes(list)     add lines at the end of the table

    Document format
      smcl | fixed | tab | csv | scsv | rtf | html | tex | booktabs
                         set the document format (smcl is the default)
      fragment           suppress table opening and closing (LaTeX, HTML)
      [no]float          whether to use a float environment or not (LaTeX)
      page[(packages)]   add page opening and closing (LaTeX, HTML)
      alignment(string)  set alignment within columns (LaTeX, HTML, RTF)
      width(string)      set width of table (LaTeX, HTML)
      longtable          multi-page table (LaTeX)
      fonttbl(string)    set custom font table (RTF)

    Output
      replace            overwrite an existing file
      append             append the output to an existing file
      type               force prining the table in the results window
      noisily            display the executed estout command

    Advanced
      drop(list)         drop individual coefficients
      noomitted          drop omitted coefficients
      nobaselevels       drop base levels of factor variables
      keep(list)         keep individual coefficients
      order(list)        change order of coefficients
      equations(list)    match the models' equations
      eform              report exponentiated coefficients
      unstack            place multiple equations in separate columns
      estout_options     any other estout options
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------


Description

    esttab is a wrapper for estout. It produces a pretty-looking
    publication-style regression table from stored estimates without much
    typing. The compiled table is displayed in the Stata results window or,
    optionally, written to a text file specified by using filename. If
    filename is specified without suffix, a default suffix is added depending
    on the specified document format (".smcl" for smcl, ".txt" for fixed and
    tab, ".csv" for csv and scsv, ".rtf" for rft, ".html" for html, and
    ".tex" for tex and booktabs).

    namelist provides the names of the stored estimation sets to be
    tabulated. You may use the * and ? wildcards in namelist. If namelist is
    omitted, esttab tabulates the estimation sets stored by eststo (see help 
    eststo) or, if no such estimates are present, the currently active
    estimates (i.e. the model fit last).

    See help estimates for information about storing estimation results. An
    alternative to the estimates store command is provided by eststo.

    esttab can also be used to tabulate a Stata matrix applying syntax
    esttab matrix(name), where name is the name of the matrix. Furthermore,
    an e()-matrix or r()-matrix can be tabulated specifying esttab e(name) or
    esttab r(name). Most options under the headings 'Main', 'Significance
    stars', and 'Summary statistics' are irrelevant in this case. See help 
    estout for further details on tabulating matrices.


Options

        +------+
    ----+ Main +-------------------------------------------------------------

    b(fmt) sets the numerical display format for the point estimates. The
        default format is a3. (See Numerical formats below for details on
        available formats.)

    beta[(fmt)] requests that standardized beta coefficients be displayed in
        place of the raw point estimates and, optionally, sets the display
        format (the default is to print three decimal places). Note that beta
        causes the intercept to be dropped from the table (unless constant is
        specified).

    main(name [fmt]) requests that the statistics stored in e(name) be
        displayed in place of the point estimates and, optionally, sets the
        display format (the default is to use the display format for point
        estimates). For example, e(name) may contain statistics added by
        estadd (see help estadd).

    t(fmt) sets the display format for t-statistics. The default is to
        display two decimal places.

    abs causes absolute values of t-statistics to be reported.

    not suppresses the printing of t-statistics.

    z[(fmt)] requests that z-statistics be displayed. z-statistics are the
        same as t-statistics. Hence, specifying z does not change the table
        contents, it only changes the label.

    se[(fmt)] requests that standard errors be displayed in place of
        t-statistics and, optionally, sets the display format (the default is
        to use the display format for point estimates).

    p[(fmt)] requests that p-values be displayed in place of t-statistics
        and, optionally, sets the display format (the default is to print
        three decimal places)

    ci[(fmt)] requests that confidence intervals be displayed in place of
        t-statistics and, optionally, sets the display format (the default is
        to use the display format for point estimates). level(#) assigns the
        confidence level, in percent. The default is level(95) or as set by 
        set level.

    aux(name [fmt]) requests that the statistics stored in e(name) be
        displayed in place of t-statistics and, optionally, sets the display
        format (the default is to use the display format for point
        estimates). For example, e(name) may contain statistics added by
        estadd (see help estadd, if installed).

    noconstant causes the intercept be dropped from the table.  Specify
        constant to include the constant in situations where it is dropped by
        default.


        +--------------------+
    ----+ Significance stars +-----------------------------------------------

    star[(symbol level [...])] causes stars denoting the significance of the
        coefficients to be printed next to the point estimates. This is the
        default. Type nostar to suppress the stars. The default symbols and
        thresholds are:  * for p<.05, ** for p<.01, and *** for p<.001.
        Alternatively, for example, type star(+ 0.10 * 0.05) to set the
        following thresholds: + for p<.10 and * for p<.05. Note that the
        thresholds must lie in the (0,1] interval and must be specified in
        descending order.

    staraux causes the significance stars be printed next to the t-statistics
        (or standard errors, etc.) instead of the point estimates.


        +--------------------+
    ----+ Summary statistics +-----------------------------------------------

    r2[(fmt)], ar2[(fmt)], and pr2[(fmt)] include the R-squared, the adjusted
        R-squared, and the pseudo-R-squared in the table footer and,
        optionally, set the corresponding display formats (the default is to
        display three decimal places).

    aic[(fmt)] and bic[(fmt)] include Akaike's and Schwarz's information
        criterion in the table footer and, optionally, set the corresponding
        display formats (the default is to use the display format for point
        estimates).

    scalars(list) may be used to add other e()-scalars to the table footer
        (type ereturn list to display a list of available e()-scalars after
        fitting a model; see help ereturn). For example, scalars(df_m) would
        report the model degrees of freedom for each model. list may be a
        simple list of names of e()-scalars, e.g.

            . esttab, scalars(ll_0 ll chi2)

        or, alternatively, a list of quoted name-label pairs, e.g.

            . esttab, scalars("ll Log lik." "chi2 Chi-squared")

    sfmt(fmt [...]) sets the display format(s) for the statistics specified
        in scalars() (the default is to use the display format for point
        estimates). If sfmt() contains less elements than scalars(), the last
        specified format is used for the remaining scalars. That is, only one
        format needs to be specified if the same format be used for all
        scalars.

    noobs suppresses displaying information on the number of observations.
        The default is to report the number of observations for each model in
        the table footer.

    obslast displays the number of observations in the last row of the table
        footer. The default is to use the first row.


        +--------+
    ----+ Layout +-----------------------------------------------------------

    wide causes point estimates and t-statistics (or standard errors, etc.)
        to be printed beside one another instead of beneath one another.

    onecell causes point estimates and t-statistics (or standard errors,
        etc.) to be combined in a single table cell. This option is useful
        primarily in rtf or html mode. In these modes a line break is
        inserted between the two statistics. The benefit from using onecell
        in rtf or html mode is that long coefficients labels do not derange
        the table layout. The default for other modes is to insert a blank
        between the statistics. Use estout's incelldelimiter() option to
        change this.

    parentheses encloses t-statistics (or standard errors, etc.) in
        parentheses. This is the default. Specify noparentheses to suppress
        the parentheses.

    brackets uses square brackets, [], instead of parentheses. Note that
        brackets are the default for confidence intervals.

    gaps adds empty rows (or, more generally, additional vertical space)
        between coefficients to increase readability (empty rows are also
        inserted between the table's header, body, and footer, unless lines
        is activated). This is the default unless wide or not is specified.
        Type nogaps to suppress the extra spacing.

    lines adds horizontal lines to the table separating the table's header,
        body, and footer and, in the case of multiple equation models, the
        equations. This is the default. Specify nolines to suppress the
        lines. Lines are always suppressed in the tab and csv modes.

    noeqlines suppresses the horizontal lines between equations in the case
        of multiple equation models.

    compress reduces the amount of horizontal spacing (so that more models
        fit on screen without line breaking). The option has no effect in the
        tab and csv modes. Furthermore, note that in the TeX and HTML modes
        the compress option only changes the arrangement the table's code,
        but not the look of the compiled end-product. In rtf, however,
        compress changes the look of the formatted table.

    plain produces a minimally formatted table. It is a shorthand to
        specifying nostar, nodepvars, nonumbers, noparentheses, nogaps,
        nolines and nonotes and setting all formats to %9.0g. Note that the
        disabled options can be switched on again. For example, type

            . esttab, plain star

        to produce a plain table including significance stars.


        +----------+
    ----+ Labeling +---------------------------------------------------------

    label specifies that variable labels be used instead of variable names
        (and estimation set titles be used instead of estimation set names).
        Furthermore, label prints "Constant" instead of "_cons".

    interaction(string) specifies the string to be used as delimiter for
        interaction terms (only relevant in Stata 11 or newer). The default
        is interaction(" # "). For tex and booktabs the default is
        interaction(" $\times$ ").

    title(string) may be used to provide a title for the table. If specified,
        string is printed at the top of the table.  Note that specifying a
        title causes the table to be set up as a floating object in LaTeX
        mode (unless the nofloat option is specified). You may want to set a
        label for referencing in this case. For example, if you type
        title(...\label{tab1}), then "\ref{tab1}" could be used in the LaTeX
        document to point to the table. Specify the

    mtitles, without argument, specifies that for each model the title (or,
        if empty, the name) of the stored estimation set be printed as the
        model's title in the table header. If mtitles is omitted, the default
        is to use name or label of the dependent variable as the model's
        title (see the depvar option). Alternatively, use mtitles(list)
        specifies a list of model titles. Enclose the titles in double quotes
        if they contain spaces, e.g. mtitles("Model 1" "Model 2").

    nomtitles suppresses printing of model titles.

    depvars prints the name (or label) of the (first) dependent variable of a
        model as the model's title in the table header. This is the default.
        Specify nodepvars to use the names of the stored estimation sets as
        titles.

    numbers includes a row containing consecutive model numbers in the table
        header. This is the default. Specify nonumbers to suppress printing
        the model numbers.

    coeflabels(name label [...]) specifies labels for the coefficients.
        Specify names and labels in pairs and, if necessary, enclose labels
        in double quotes, e.g. coeflabels(mpg Milage rep78 "Repair Record").

    notes prints notes at the end of the table explaining the significance
        symbols and the type of displayed statistics. This is the default.
        Specify nonotes to suppress the notes.

    addnotes(list) may be used to add further lines of text at the bottom of
        the table. Lines containing blanks must be enclosed in double quotes,
        e.g. addnotes("Line 1" "Line 2").


        +-----------------+
    ----+ Document format +--------------------------------------------------

    smcl, fixed, tab, csv, scsv, rtf, html, tex, and booktabs choose the
        table's basic output format. The default format is smcl unless using
        is specified, in which case the default format depends on the
        filename's suffix (smcl for ".smcl", csv for ".csv", rtf for ".rtf",
        html for ".htm" or ".html", tex for ".tex", and fixed for all other
        filenames). To override the default behavior, specify one of the
        following format options.

        smcl produces a SMCL formatted table to be displayed in the Stata
        results window or the Stata viewer.

        fixed produces a fixed-format ASCII table. This is suitable, for
        example, if the table be displayed in a text editor.

        tab produces a tab-delimited ASCII table.

        csv produces a CSV (Comma Separated Value format) table for use with
        Microsoft Excel. Delimiter is a comma. In order to prevent Excel from
        interpreting the contents of the table cells, they are enclosed
        double quotes preceded by an equal sign (i.e. ="..."). However, if
        the plain option is specified, the table cells are enclosed in double
        quotes without the leading equal sign. The first method is
        appropriate if you want to preserve the table's formatting. The
        second method is appropriate if you want to use the table's contents
        for further computations in Excel.

        scsv is a variant on the CSV format that uses a semicolon as the
        delimiter. This is appropriate for some non-English versions of Excel
        (e.g. the German version).

        rtf produces a Rich Text Format table for use with word processors.

        html produces a simple HTML formatted table.

        tex produces a LaTeX formatted table.

        booktabs produces a LaTeX formatted table for use with LaTeX's
        booktabs package.

    fragment causes the table's opening and closing specifications to be
        suppressed. This is relevant primarily in LaTeX and HTML mode.

    float causes the table to be set up as a floating object in LaTeX mode
        (table environment). Providing a title() implies float. Specify
        nofloat to omit the float environment in this case (this is useful,
        e.g., for LyX users).

    page[(packages)] adds opening and closing code to define a whole LaTeX or
        HTML document. The default is to produce a raw table that can then be
        included into an existing LaTeX or HTML document. Specifying packages
        in parentheses causes \usepackage{packages} to be added to the
        preamble of the LaTeX document (note that the booktabs package is
        automatically loaded if booktabs is specified).

    alignment(string) may be used to specify the alignment of the models'
        columns in LaTeX, HTML, or RTF mode.

        In LaTeX mode string should be a LaTeX column specifier. The default
        is to center the columns. To produce right-aligned columns, for
        example, type alignment(r). If the table contains multiple columns
        per model/equation, the alignment specification should define all
        columns. For example, if the wide option is specified, you could type
        alignment(cr) to, say, center the point estimates and right-align the
        t-statistics. Note that more sophisticated column definitions are
        often needed to produce appealing results. In particular, LaTeX's
        dcolumn package proves useful to align columns on the decimal point.

        In HTML mode string should be a HTML alignment specifier. The default
        is to omit alignment specification, which results in left aligned
        columns. To center the columns in HTML, for example, specify
        alignment(center). Other than in LaTeX mode, the same alignment is
        used for all columns if the table contains multiple columns per
        model/equation in the HTML mode.

        In RTF mode string should be one of l, c, r, and j. The default is to
        center the columns. To produce right-aligned columns, for example,
        type alignment(r). The same alignment is used for all columns if the
        table contains multiple columns per model/equation in the RTF mode.

        Note that alignment() does not change the alignment of the variable
        names/labels in the left stub of the table. They are always
        left-aligned.

    width(string) sets the overall width of the table in LaTeX or HTML.
        string should be LaTeX or HTML literal. For example, specify
        width(\hsize) in LaTeX or width(100%) in HTML to span the whole page.
        The table columns will spread regularly over the specified width.
        Note that in RTF mode estout's varwidth() and modelwidth() options
        may be used to change the width of the table columns.

    longtable causes the longtable environment to be used in LaTeX. Use
        longtable for tables that are too long to fit on a single page.
        longtable cannot be combined with width(). Make sure to load the
        longtable package in the LaTeX document, i.e. include
        \usepackage{longtable} in the document's preamble.

    fonttbl(string) defines a custom font table in RTF. The default is
        "\f0\fnil Times New Roman;". For example, typing

            . esttab using example.rtf, ti("\f1 The Auto Data") ///
                fonttbl(\f0\fnil Times New Roman;\f1\fnil Arial;)

        would add a title in Arial.


        +--------+
    ----+ Output +-----------------------------------------------------------

    replace permits esttab to overwrite an existing file.

    append specifies that the output be appended to an existing file. It may
        be used even if the file does not yet exist. Specifying append
        together with page in TeX or HTML mode causes the new table to be
        inserted at the end of the body of an existing document (esttab seeks
        a line reading "\end{document}" or "</body>", respectively, and
        starts appending from there; contents after this line will be
        overwritten). In RTF mode, existing documents are assumed to end with
        a line containing a single "}".

    type specifies that the assembled table be printed in the results window
        and the log file. This is the default unless using is specified.

    noisily displays the executed estout command.


        +----------+
    ----+ Advanced +---------------------------------------------------------

    drop(droplist) identifies the coefficients to be dropped from the table.
        A droplist comprises one or more specifications, separated by white
        space. A specification can be either a parameter name (e.g. price),
        an equation name followed by a colon (e.g. mean:), or a full name
        (e.g. mean:price). You may use the * and ? wildcards in equation
        names and parameter names. Be sure to refer to the matched equation
        names, and not to the original equation names in the models, when
        using the equations() option to match equations.

    noomitted drops omitted coefficients (only relevant in Stata 11 or
        newer).

    nobaselevels drops base levels of factor variables (only relevant in
        Stata 11 or newer).

    keep(keeplist) selects the coefficients to be included in the table.
        keeplist is specified analogous to droplist in drop() (see above).

    order(orderlist) changes the order of the coefficients and equations
        within the table. orderlist is specified analogous to droplist in
        drop() (see above).  Coefficients and equations that do not appear in
        orderlist are placed last (in their original order).

    equations(eqmatchlist) specifies how the models' equations are to be
        matched. This option is passed to the internal call of estimates
        table. See help estimates on how to specify this option. The most
        common usage is equations(1) to match all the first equations in the
        models.

    eform displays the regression table in exponentiated form. The exponent
        of a coefficient is displayed in lieu of the untransformed
        coefficient; standard errors and confidence intervals are transformed
        as well. Note that the intercept is dropped in eform-mode, unless
        constant is specified.

    unstack specifies that the individual equations from multiple-equation
        models (e.g. mlogit, reg3, heckman) be placed in separate columns.
        The default is to place the equations below one another in a single
        column.

    estout_options are any other estout options (see help estout). Note that
        estout options take precedence over esttab options. For example,

        cells()     disables b(), beta(), main(), t(), abs, not, se(), p(),
                    ci(), aux(), star, staraux, wide, onecell, parentheses,
                    and brackets,

        stats()     disables r2(), ar2(), pr2(), aic(), bic(), scalars(),
                    sfmt(), noobs, and obslast.

        Other estout options that should be used with care are begin(),
        delimiter(), end(), prehead(), posthead(), prefoot(), postfoot(),
        mlabels(), and varlabels(). Furthermore, note that estout's style()
        option does not have much effect because most options that would be
        affected by style() are set explicitly by esttab.


        +-------------------+
    ----+ Numerical formats +------------------------------------------------

    Numerical display formats may be specified in esttab as follows:

     1. Official Stata's display formats: You may specify formats, such as
        %9.0g or %8.2f. See help format for a list of available formats. %g
        or g may be used as a synonym for %9.0g.

     2. Fixed format: You may specify an integer value such as 0, 1, 2, etc.
        to request a display format with a fixed number of decimal places.
        For example, t(3) would display t-statistics with three decimal
        places.

     3. Automatic format: You may specify a1, a2, ..., or a9 to cause esttab
        to choose a reasonable display format for each number depending on
        the number's value. a may be used as a synonym for a3. The # in a#
        determines the minimum precision according to the following rules:

          o Absolute numbers smaller than 1 are displayed with # significant
            decimal places (i.e. with # decimal places ignoring any leading
            zeros after the decimal point). For example, 0.00123456 is
            displayed as 0.00123 if the format is a3.

          o Absolute numbers greater than 1 are displayed with as many digits
            required to retain at least one decimal place and are displayed
            with a minimum of (# + 1) digits. For example, if the format is
            a3, 1.23456 is displayed as 1.235, 12.3456 is displayed as 12.35,
            and 1234.56 is displayed as 1234.6.

          o In any case, integers are displayed with zero decimal places, and
            very large or very small absolute numbers are displayed in
            exponential format.


Examples

    The following examples are intended to illustrate the basic usage of
    esttab.  Additional examples can be found at 
    http://repec.org/bocode/e/estout.

    The procedure is to first fit and store some models (see eststo) and then
    apply esttab to these stored estimates:

        . eststo clear
        
        . sysuse auto
        (1978 Automobile Data)
        
        . eststo: quietly regress price weight mpg
        (est1 stored)
        
        . eststo: quietly regress price weight mpg foreign
        (est2 stored)
        
        . esttab, ar2
        
        --------------------------------------------
                              (1)             (2)   
                            price           price   
        --------------------------------------------
        weight              1.747**         3.465***
                           (2.72)          (5.49)   
        
        mpg                -49.51           21.85   
                          (-0.57)          (0.29)   
        
        foreign                            3673.1***
                                           (5.37)   
        
        _cons              1946.1         -5853.7   
                           (0.54)         (-1.73)   
        --------------------------------------------
        N                      74              74   
        adj. R-sq           0.273           0.478   
        --------------------------------------------
        t statistics in parentheses
        * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001


    The same table using labels:

        . esttab, ar2 label
        
        ----------------------------------------------------
                                      (1)             (2)   
                                    Price           Price   
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Weight (lbs.)               1.747**         3.465***
                                   (2.72)          (5.49)   
        
        Mileage (mpg)              -49.51           21.85   
                                  (-0.57)          (0.29)   
        
        Car type                                   3673.1***
                                                   (5.37)   
        
        Constant                   1946.1         -5853.7   
                                   (0.54)         (-1.73)   
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Observations                   74              74   
        Adjusted R-squared          0.273           0.478   
        ----------------------------------------------------
        t statistics in parentheses
        * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001


    Plain table:

        . esttab, ar2 plain
        
                             est1         est2
                              b/t          b/t
        weight           1.746559     3.464706
                         2.723238     5.493003
        mpg             -49.51222      21.8536
                        -.5746808     .2944391
        foreign                        3673.06
                                      5.370142
        _cons            1946.069    -5853.696
                          .541018    -1.733408
        N                      74           74
        adj. R-sq        .2734846     .4781119


    Using standard errors in brackets and suppress significance stars:

        . esttab, se nostar brackets
        
        --------------------------------------
                              (1)          (2)
                            price        price
        --------------------------------------
        weight              1.747        3.465
                          [0.641]      [0.631]
        
        mpg                -49.51        21.85
                          [86.16]      [74.22]
        
        foreign                         3673.1
                                       [684.0]
        
        _cons              1946.1      -5853.7
                         [3597.0]     [3377.0]
        --------------------------------------
        N                      74           74
        --------------------------------------
        Standard errors in brackets


    Printing beta coefficients:

        . esttab, beta
        
        --------------------------------------------
                              (1)             (2)   
                            price           price   
        --------------------------------------------
        weight              0.460**         0.913***
                           (2.72)          (5.49)   
        
        mpg                -0.097           0.043   
                          (-0.57)          (0.29)   
        
        foreign                             0.573***
                                           (5.37)   
        --------------------------------------------
        N                      74              74   
        --------------------------------------------
        Standardized beta coefficients; t statistics in parentheses
        * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001


Author

    Ben Jann, Institute of Sociology, University of Bern, jann@soz.unibe.ch


Also see

    Manual:  [R] estimates

    Online:  help for estimates, estcom, estout, eststo, estadd, estpost