Re: st: Deleting entire panel id/group if condition is true for first year

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

No need to apologise, but I guess I was responding to your last signal

nonmissing for the first year (or actually every year)

which I contracted to

nonmissing for every year

If you want to (mixing Stata and pseudocode)

by panel: keep if !missing(first value)

or

by panel: drop if missing(first value)

then the principle is similar. Here is an example you can try

webuse grunfeld
set seed 1052013
replace invest = . if runiform() < .1
bysort company (year) : drop if missing(invest[1])

We -drop-ped panels if and only of the first value of -invest- in each
was missing. The subscript was [1]. The subscript naturally depends on
the -sort- order, which is by -year- within -company-.

See also if needed

SJ-2-1  pr0004  . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata:  How to move step by: step
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/02   SJ 2(1):86--102                                  (no commands)
        explains the use of the by varlist : construct to tackle
        a variety of problems with group structure, ranging from
        simple calculations for each of several groups to more
        advanced manipulations that use the built-in _n and _N

http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0004


Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com


On 1 May 2013 15:14, Andreas Dall Frøseth <Andreas.Froseth@stud.nhh.no> wrote:
> Maybe I'm applying it wrong, but this does not seem to do that I want. I may have described it a bit to badly.
>
> So, here's an example.
> At this point my set is containing all companies with a run equal to or above 6 years. I identify these by using -tsspell- (SSC), and then "egen length = max(_seq), by(orgnr _spell)" (orgnr is the identifyer), and drop the unwanted companies by "drop if length<6"
> However, I also wish to drop entire panel groups (all six years for a company) if the variable "category" has a missing value the first year in the six year run. Leaving me with companies with runs equal to and above 7 years, in addition to companies with 6 year runs which have a value listed in the variable "category" the first year.
>
> I hope this was a better explanation. Pardon me in advance if the only reason that your previous code doesn't work is due to my incompetence...
>
> -Andreas
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> Emne: Re: st: Deleting entire panel id/group if condition is true for first year
>
> Stata makes this kind of change extremely easy.
>
> bysort id (whatever) : keep if !missing(whatever[_N]) & _N >= 6
>
> -sort-ing within panels means that any missings are sorted to last.
>
> This is covered in any tutorial on -by:-.
>
> Nick
> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>
> On 1 May 2013 14:14, Andreas Dall Frøseth <Andreas.Froseth@stud.nhh.no> wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to delete a entire panel id/group from the set if a certain condition is true for the first year?
>> I'm trying to keep certain spells in my dataset, and by using the -tsspell- (SSC) I have managed to keep panel variables with runs equal or above 7 years. But, I also wish to keep panel groups with 6 year runs IF the value in the variable "category" is nonmissing for the first year (or actually every year).
>
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