Hello,

I am trying to open a shapefile under the name "pga.shp" that I downloaded from the US Geological Survey. I am using shp2dta in Stata/MP 16.0.
This is the line of code I am using

Code:
shp2dta using pga.shp, data(pga_data) coor(pga_coordinates) genid(id)
When I run this, I get the following error:

Code:
file pga.dbf not found
r(601);
I am puzzled as to why Stata is looking for a .dbf file when the one it should open is a .shp file. I do not have the .dbf files by the way. Just .shp
Any help would be appreciated.

Michelle Escobar