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Hello - please apologize if I'm doing something wrong, I'm a newbie. I'll try my best.
The issue: Until recently, write_dta couldn't write labelled doubles even if all values of a variable were integers. As far as know, the issue (#343) was fixed.
However, write_dta still won't write labelled doubles if certain values have decimal values --> Even if these values do not have labels.
Minimal example:
x <- data.frame(
a=labelled(c(-7, -8, 1, 2, 3), labels=c("refuse" = -7, "don't know" = -8)),
b=labelled(c(-7, -8, 1, 2, 3. 2), labels=c("refuse" = -7, "don't know" = -8))
)
write_dta(x, "test.dta")
I think those variables should be supported since many (survey) variables include data with decimal values (e.g., hourly wages) but still need to label certain values (refuse, does not apply...). Of course I see the point why labelled values don't need decimal points.
By the way: With write_sav, this works fine.
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