This insert describes a new command mlanguage that facilitates the creation and maintenance of “comprehensive” multilingual datasets. These are datasets with many variables, many of which are value labeled, with labels in different languages, all contained within the dataset. The tools make...

I describe two utilities dealing with value labels. labeldup reports and optionally removes duplicate value labels. labelrename renames a value label. Both utilities, of course, preserve the links between variables and value labels and support multilingual datasets. Copyright 2005 by StataCorp LP.