I am recoding value labels from numeric to missing values. So a 9 value in some variables is recoded to .a. A 10 value in some variables is recoded to .b etc.
I have found several commands to do this from mvdecode to replace, but none that preserve the value label. Currently all my 10 values have the label "Don't Know/Refused." I want to keep this label, but still recode the 10 value to .b. I don't want to rewrite all the labels for my variables since there are many of them, each with specific labels.
How could I either: (1) Recode the values for a variable while preserving the value label. Or (2) Label all .a, .b etc. missing values with the same label?
I have found several commands to do this from mvdecode to replace, but none that preserve the value label. Currently all my 10 values have the label "Don't Know/Refused." I want to keep this label, but still recode the 10 value to .b. I don't want to rewrite all the labels for my variables since there are many of them, each with specific labels.
How could I either: (1) Recode the values for a variable while preserving the value label. Or (2) Label all .a, .b etc. missing values with the same label?
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