Recoding longitudinal data

[Sudeep_Neupane]

Hello all,

I am trying to recode my longitudinal data for the analysis. I have mother's marital status at different ages, and I want to recode if she is married or single for all the marital status time frames.

Do I have to go through all the variables 1 by 1 for different time frames, or is there any way I could recode them all at once?

Thank you!

[PaigeMiller]

Show us a representative portion of the data. Please provide the data as SAS data step code (instructions) and not in any other format.

[Sudeep_Neupane]

Thanks for responding @PaigeMiller! I am working on private data; so I can't post the data sample or the code. Also, I figured it out using arrays. However, I have further questions regarding how variables are binded in longitudinal analysis. Like how do we let SAS know that one variable is same another variable, just recorded after 2 months

[PaigeMiller]

Show us fake data that illustrates the problem and illustrates the layout of your data.

Statements like this: "I have further questions regarding how variables are binded in longitudinal analysis" cannot be understood without knowing what the data looks like.

Statements like this "Like how do we let SAS know that one variable is same another variable, just recorded after 2 months" cannot be understood without knowing what the data looks like.