set more off capture log close capture log using linkpe2008usunl.log, replace capture set mem 5g ** -----------------------------------------------; ** This program reads the 2008 *U.S. Unlinked Linked Birth Infant Death Birth Period Data Data File ** by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , Mon Jul 17 17:45:47 EDT 2017 ** Please report errors to jroth@nber.org ** NOTE: This program is distributed under the GNU GPL. ** See end of this file and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for details. ** Run with do linkpe2008usunl ** -----------------------------------------------; ** The following line should contain ** the complete path and name of the raw data file. ** On a PC, use backslashes in paths as in C:\ ; local dat_name "LinkPE08USUnl.dat" ** The following line should contain the path to your output '.dta' file ; local dta_name "/homes/data/linkpe/2008/linkpe2008usunl" ** The following line should contain the path to the data dictionary file ; local dct_name "linkpe2008usunl.dct" ** The line below does NOT need to be changed ; infile using "`dct_name'", using("`dat_name'") clear note: linkpe2008usunl data set up by Jean Roth, jroth@nber.org Mon Jul 17 17:45:47 EDT 2017 compress saveold "`dta_name'",replace