I'm outputting descriptive tables from Stata using estpost and esttab into TeX format, and then importing them in LyX. I use \refcat to label my survey questions, and since some of them are very long I need to put linebreaks using \specialcell (I already do this in Stata). However, these seem to center automatically, which turns out ugly. Can I adjust my Stata code to have my labels (\refcats) align left?
This is my Stata code (updated after comment):
local opin_padres P64_rev_1_lf-P65_rev_5_lf P74_rev_1_lf-P75_rev_5_lf
estpost su `opin_padres' if tratamiento==0
est store P1
estpost su `opin_padres' if tratamiento==1
est store P2
estpost su `opin_padres'
est store P3
esttab P1 P2 P3 using `opinpadres', replace longtable booktabs addnotes(Todos las variables han sido ponderadas en porcentajes (\%)) ///
refcat(P64_rev_1_lf "\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{El rendimiento de los alumnos depende en gran parte de su\\situaci\'on familiar}}\\" ///
P65_rev_1_lf "\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{La educaci\'on es una prioridad para los\\padres de los alumnos de su secci\'on}}\\" ///
P74_rev_1_lf "\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{C\'omo es su relaci\'on con los padres de alumnos?}}\\" ///
P75_rev_1_lf "\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{C\'omo es su relaci\'on con la comunidad en la que se encuentra la escuela?}}\\", nolabel) ///
mtitle("Control" "Tratamiento" "\textbf{Total}") cells(mean(fmt(1))) label nonum collabels(none) noobs
And this the TeX code of the table:
{
\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\begin{longtable}{l*{3}{c}}
\toprule\endfirsthead\midrule\endhead\midrule\endfoot\endlastfoot
&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Control}&\multicolumn{1}{c} {Tratamiento}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Total}}\\
\midrule
\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{El rendimiento de los alumnos depende en gran parte de su\\situaci\'on familiar}}& & & \\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy de acuerdo& 39.1& 34.3& 36.6\\
\hspace{0.2cm}De acuerdo& 51.6& 50.7& 51.1\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Indiferente& 0.0& 4.5& 2.3\\
\hspace{0.2cm}En desacuerdo& 9.4& 10.4& 9.9\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy en desacuerdo& 0.0& 0.0& 0.0\\
\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{La educaci\'on es una prioridad para los\\padres de los alumnos de su secci\'on}}& & & \\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy de acuerdo& 18.8& 10.4& 14.5\\
\hspace{0.2cm}De acuerdo& 45.3& 50.7& 48.1\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Indiferente& 18.8& 22.4& 20.6\\
\hspace{0.2cm}En desacuerdo& 12.5& 11.9& 12.2\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy en desacuerdo& 4.7& 4.5& 4.6\\
\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{C\'omo es su relaci\'on con los padres de alumnos?}}& & & \\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy buena& 31.2& 21.5& 26.4\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Buena & 54.7& 69.2& 62.0\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Regular& 14.1& 9.2& 11.6\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Mala & 0.0& 0.0& 0.0\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy mala& 0.0& 0.0& 0.0\\
\multicolumn{4}{\textbf{C\'omo es su relaci\'on con la comunidad en la que se encuentra la escuela?}}\\& & & \\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy buena& 23.4& 10.9& 17.2\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Buena & 68.8& 79.7& 74.2\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Regular& 7.8& 9.4& 8.6\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Mala & 0.0& 0.0& 0.0\\
\hspace{0.2cm}Muy mala& 0.0& 0.0& 0.0\\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\footnotesize Todos las variables han sido ponderadas en porcentajes (\%)}\\
\end{longtable}
}
This is the latest version of my preamble:
% Packages for tables
\usepackage{booktabs}% Pretty tables
\usepackage{threeparttablex}% For Notes below table
\usepackage{longtable}%Long tables
% *****************************************************************
% siunitx
% *****************************************************************
\newcommand{\sym}[1]{\rlap{#1}} % Thanks to Joseph Wright & David Carlisle
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{
detect-mode,
group-digits = false,
input-symbols = ( ) [ ] - +,
table-align-text-post = false,
input-signs = ,
}
% Character substitution that prints brackets and the minus symbol in text mode. Thanks to David Carlisle
\def\yyy{%
\bgroup\uccode`\~\expandafter`\string-%
\uppercase{\egroup\edef~{\noexpand\text{\llap{\textendash}\relax}}}%
\mathcode\expandafter`\string-"8000 }
\def\xxxl#1{%
\bgroup\uccode`\~\expandafter`\string#1%
\uppercase{\egroup\edef~{\noexpand\text{\noexpand\llap{\string#1}}}}%
\mathcode\expandafter`\string#1"8000 }
\def\xxxr#1{%
\bgroup\uccode`\~\expandafter`\string#1%
\uppercase{\egroup\edef~{\noexpand\text{\noexpand\rlap{\string#1}}}}%
\mathcode\expandafter`\string#1"8000 }
\def\textsymbols{\xxxl[\xxxr]\xxxl(\xxxr)\yyy}
% *****************************************************************
% Estout related things
% *****************************************************************
\let\estinput=\input % define a new input command so that we can still flatten the document
\newcommand{\estwide}[3]{
\vspace{.75ex}{
\textsymbols% Note the added command here
\begin{tabular*}
{\textwidth}{@{\hskip\tabcolsep\extracolsep\fill}l*{#2}{#3}}
\toprule
\estinput{#1}
\bottomrule
\addlinespace[.75ex]
\end{tabular*}
}
}
\newcommand{\estauto}[3]{
\vspace{.75ex}{
\textsymbols% Note the added command here
\begin{tabular}{l*{#2}{#3}}
\toprule
\estinput{#1}
\bottomrule
\addlinespace[.75ex]
\end{tabular}
}
}
% Allow line breaks with \\ in specialcells
\newcommand{\specialcell}[2][c]{%
\begin{tabular}[#1]{@{}l@{}}#2\end{tabular}
%%%
}
% *****************************************************************
% Custom subcaptions
% *****************************************************************
% Note/Source/Text after Tables
% The new approach using threeparttables to generate notes that are the exact width of the table.
\newcommand{\Figtext}[1]{%
\begin{tablenotes}[para,flushleft]
\hspace{6pt}
\hangindent=1.75em
#1
\end{tablenotes}
}
\newcommand{\Fignote}[1]{\Figtext{\emph{Note:~}~#1}}
\newcommand{\Figsource}[1]{\Figtext{\emph{Source:~}~#1}}
\newcommand{\Starnote}{\Figtext{\textit{* p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01.}\\ Errores est\'andares corregidos por correlaci\'on y heteroskedasticidad a nivel de escuela entre par\'entesis.}}% Add significance note with \starnote
Best Answer
Your command
defines centred entries, you can change it to define left aligned
Rather than force things into the first column you could replace
by
If your generator can make spanning entries?