Dear Stata users,
Currently I am working on a data set where I have to fill the gaps in the data and then
do analysis. An example of the data is as follows:
id month sex empstatus
17 Feb-00 . .
17 Mar-00 . .
17 Apr-00 . .
17 May-00 . .
17 Jun-00 . 1
17 Jul-00 . 2
17 Aug-00 1 2
17 Sep-00 1 2
17 Oct-00 1 2
17 Nov-00 1 2
17 Dec-00 1 2
17 Jan-01 1 2
17 Feb-01 1 2
17 Mar-01 1 2
17 Apr-01 1 2
17 May-01 1 .
17 Jun-01 1 .
17 Jul-01 1 .
17 Aug-01 1 .
17 Sep-01 1 .
17 Oct-01 1 .
17 Nov-01 1 .
17 Dec-01 1 .
17 Jan-02 . .
17 Feb-02 . .
17 Mar-02 . .
17 Apr-02 . .
17 May-02 . .
17 Jun-02 . .
164 Mar-98 2 1
164 Apr-98 2 1
164 May-98 . .
164 Jun-98 2 1
502 Jul-98 1 .
502 Aug-98 1 .
502 Sep-98 1 2
502 Oct-98 . .
502 Nov-98 . .
502 Dec-98 . .
502 Jan-99 . 2
502 Feb-99 . 1
502 Mar-99 . 1
502 Apr-99 1 .
502 May-99 1 .
502 Jun-99 1 .
502 Jul-99 1 .
502 Aug-99 1 .
502 Sep-99 1 .
502 Oct-99 1 .
502 Nov-99 1 .
where for sex 1 is coded for males and 2 for females and for employment status
(empstatus) 1 is employed and 2 for unemployed. Is there any fancy command in stata
which can fill the gaps.
Yaseen
University of Portsmouth
UK
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