Something like this?
replace w2gender = w1gender if missing(w2gender)
replace w3gender = w1gender if missing(w3gender)
David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of benjamin von matt
> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 4:22 PM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: replace missing values in different waves
>
> hi
>
> i have many missing values in wave 2 and wave 3 in the gender variable.
> there is no missing value in wave 1.
>
> how can i replace the missing values in wave 2 and wave 3 with the values
> of wave 1?
>
> best regards
> andrea
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