Re: st: AW: Multiple Imputation on Panel Data: all variables have missing data, and the panels are expanding

[Jennie Day <jennieday@gmail.com>]

Oops... I meant v11.
jennie

On 24/08/2010, at 7:47 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:

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> " I am trying to use STATA 12's"
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> You must be the first person to get a copy of it outside StataCorp... What
> is it like?
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> HTH
> Martin
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> Betreff: st: Multiple Imputation on Panel Data: all variables have missing
> data, and the panels are expanding
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> Hi out there.  Thanks for having a look at my questions.  I have two:
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> 1)  I am trying to use STATA 12's mi commands to do multiple imputations on
> a panel dataset where all variables have some missing values (save the
> unique ID numbers and the time variable).  I am getting confused on whether
> to register a variable as passive or imputed.  Can anybody tell me what is
> the standard of care here? 
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> 2) I have a panel dataset where the number of observations has expanded over
> time.  There are 292 observations in 1993, and 434 observations in 2007.  Is
> there a way to avoid imputing values for IDs 293-434 in 1993, etc?
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> Here are some details about my dataset:   
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> A) I have a panel dataset beginning in 1993 and going to 2007, annually.  
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> B) I have some variables that have a 1% missing rate and some that have a 10
> percent missing rate.  Should I use imputed for the ones with lower
> non-response rates and passive for the ones with higher non-response rates?
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> C) All of my variables are continuous.
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> Thanks in advance,
> jennie
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