I have a string variable nation2 distributed as follows:

Code:

. tab nation2, m

    nation2 |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
            |     51,292       16.10       16.10
      OTHER |    212,447       66.68       82.78
         SE |     54,854       17.22      100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
      Total |    318,593      100.00
Now I encode it in a numeric variable to be used in a regression model

Code:
encode nation2, gen(nation_encoded)

Code:
. tab nation_encoded, nolab m

nation_enco |
        ded |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
          1 |    212,447       66.68       66.68
          2 |     54,854       17.22       83.90
          . |     51,292       16.10      100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
      Total |    318,593      100.00

Now I want to count the instances of nation_encoded=="OTHER".

If I do

Code:
. count if nation_encoded=="OTHER"
type mismatch
I have to do

Code:
.  count if nation_encoded==1
  212,447
How can I use the command with the label, not with the numeric value?

Is there something like

Code:
count if nation_encoded==nation_encoded.labels.OTHER
?