In the original file the hex code is 42c3 b673 646f 7266, whereas the hex code in the exported file is 42c5 a173 646f 7266. One example is the word 'Bösdorf' that is changed to 'Bšsdorf'. However, because I need to work with the exported csv files, I still need a solution to this problem. Apparently I am not the only one encountering this problem by the looks of this thread. When I import the exported csv file again using a 'Mac Roman' Text encoding (Stata allows to specify that in the importing dialogue), then my german special characters appear again. Apart from then, I am wondering why the problem arises on Mac but not on Windows? Can anyone help? Thank you. If that is the reason, then it would probably help with my problem, however, we will not be able to upgrade soon. Yesterday, Stata 14 was announced which apparently can deal with unicode. However the same problem remains for Mac OS X. I have tried to convert the utf8 files to windows1252 and latin 1 (iso 8859-1) encoding (since, after all, all it contains are german characters) using Sublime Text 2 prior to importing it in Stata. and save it as a Stata 12 format using the command saveold (see help saveold ). Troubleshooting: Stata 13 cannot interpret unicode. There is a new package to import Stata 13 files into a ame in R. Stata is a powerful statistical software that enables users to analyze, manage, and produce graphical visualizations of data.It is primarily used by researchers in the fields of economics, biomedicine, and political science to examine data patterns. On Windows, exporting works like a charme and special characters are not replaced. However, when we export the dataset to another csv file on Mac OS X - which we need to do quite often in our setup - the special characters are replaced, e.g. When we import the csv file (when importing, we choose Latin-1) in Stata special characters are correctly displayed on both operating system. My team is working with Stata 13 on Mac OS X and Windows 7 (software is frequently updated). The motivation for this encoding is that it contains information in German with special characters ä,ö,ü,ß. If you look at the help for any svy: command, you will see the same warning.

For a current project, I use a number of csv files that are saved in UTF8. use D:DataSeminarsApplied Survey Stata 13nhanes2012merged, clear svyset.

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