Re: st: Basic Data Management Question

[Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists@gmail.com>]

This may help

http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/missing.html

S J wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am a new Stata user. Apologies if this question is
> rather basic.
>
> I am using Stata 9.2 on a Windows Machine. 
> My data look as follow:
>
> hp15	hgente	hrenglon	state	county	loca
> 29	3	1	ca	1	1
> 25	.	.	.	.	
> 3	.	.	.	.	.
> 28	3	1	ca	1	1
> 27	.	.	.	.	
> 1	.	.	.	.	.
> 23	2	1	il	6	1
> 16	.	.	.	.	.
> 26	4	1	il	6	1
> 22	.	.	.	.	.
> 6	.	.	.	.	.
> 4	.	.	.	.	.
> 23	3	1	tx	6	1
> 20	.	.	.	.	.
> 2	.	.	.	.	.
>
> Now, I want to 'fill' some of the missing data cells
> for the variables 'state', 'county' and 'loc'. For
> example, I want my second and third respondents to
> score 'ca' under state, instead of '.'
>
> How can I achieve this? (I had never worked with a
> file that had both household level data and individual
> level data).
>
> Thanks for helping a novice like me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sbrinjy.
>
>
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