--- Scott Cunningham wrote:
> I am missing years 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993,
> 1994, 1997, 1998, and 2001-2004. For each county/fip, I want to
> create 12 new observations which I can then use to fill in the
> missing years. I can do the filling in, but I cannot find
> information for simply expanding this dataset by n observations.
Scott:
Have a look at Charles H. Franklin (2006) "Stata tip 29: For all times
and all places" The Stata Journal, 6(1), pp. 146-148, also reprinted in:
H. Joseph Newton and Nicholas J. Cox (eds.) (2006) "Thirty-three
Stata tips", College Station: Stata Press.
HTH,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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