Frequencies for first 10,000 rows of region variable in namcs2005 dataset : geographic | region | Freq. Percent Cum. ------------+----------------------------------- Northeast | 2,324 23.24 23.24 Midwest | 2,489 24.89 48.13 South | 3,029 30.29 78.42 West | 2,158 21.58 100.00 ------------+----------------------------------- Total | 10,000 100.00 by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 28 Mar 2016