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Re: st: replacing missing values in one variable with values of another variable


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: replacing missing values in one variable with values of another variable
Date   Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:25:59 +0100

This is 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 David Kantor's convenience command -carryforward- (SSC).

Nick
[email protected]


On 5 April 2013 05:34, Alison McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have cross-sectional time series dataset of unemployment, occupation (when employed), and health. There are about 10,000 people and 10 years.
>
> I want to examine whether a persons last observed occupation influences their health when unemployed. At the moment, there are missing values for occupation if a person is unemployed. I would like to replace these missing values with their last observed occupation.

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