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st: RE: To expand the value of a constant variable across the panel


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: To expand the value of a constant variable across the panel
Date   Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:54:40 +0100

This point is addressed in detail in an FAQ. 

FAQ     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing missing values
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        2/03    How can I replace missing values with previous or
                following nonmissing values?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/missing.html

See also 

FAQ     . . . . . .  Listing observations in a group that differ on a variable
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        11/01   How do I list observations in a group that differ
                on a variable?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/diff.html

Nick 
[email protected] 

Eduardo Nunez

I have longitudinal data where patients have information on several timepoints.
Some values from constant variables are missing. How should I fill in
these observations across the panel (pte id)?

Example:
pid  visit#  gender
1      1          1
1      2           .
1      3           .
1      4           1
2      1           .
2      2           .
2      3           0
2      4           .
etc..................

I did tried the ssc program "enlarge" but reported error when values
existed more than once (as in pte 1).


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