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Re: st: Recoding with values of the next spell
From
Federico Belotti <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Recoding with values of the next spell
Date
Sun, 26 May 2013 22:17:43 +0200
gen Yimp = Y
sort ID Start
by ID: replace Yimp = Yimp[_n+1] if Yimp==. & Yimp[_n+1]!=.
Federico
Il giorno 26/mag/2013, alle ore 21:37, Kai Huang <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a spell dataset with some missing values of variables as follows:
>
> ID Start End Y
> 766 1987 1988 1
> 766 1988 1990 .
> 766 1990 1994 0
> 768 1988 1991 1
> 768 1991 1993 0
> 769 1987 1994 .
> 769 1994 1995 1
>
> If the missing values can be recoded with values of those of the next chronological spell, are there any commands in STATA which can support doing such task? Thank you very much in advance.
> Best regards,
> Kai Huang
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