*This program reads the 1996 SIPP Longitudnal Weight File Data File *Note: This program is distributed under the GNU GPL. See end of *this file and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for details. *by Jean Roth Wed Sep 3 15:54:37 EDT 2014 *Please report errors to jroth@nber.org *Change output file name/location as desired. *Change the input file location as needed. *If you have trouble running this program, *then try opening a new syntax file & type this command: *INCLUDE "c:\sipp1996ctl_fer.sps". *and choose to RUN ALL * The following changes in variable names have been made, if necessary: * '$' to 'd'; '-' to '_'; '%' to 'p' * Note: Variable names in SPSS are not case-sensitive. file handle ctl_fer /name='c:\ctl_fer.dat' . data list file=ctl_fer / lgtkey 1-8 (a) spanel 9-12 ssuid 13-24 (a) epppnum 25-28 (a) lgtpnlwt 29-38 (4) lgtcy1wt 39-48 (4) lgtcy2wt 49-58 (4) lgtcy3wt 59-68 (4) lgtcy4wt 69-78 (4) . * See the codebook for more detailed variable descriptions. variable labels lgtkey "PE: Person longitudinal key" spanel "SU: Sample Code - Indicates Panel Year" ssuid "SU: Sample Unit Identifier" epppnum "PE: Person number" lgtpnlwt "WW: Longitudinal Panel Weight" lgtcy1wt "WW: Longitudinal First Calendar Year Weight" lgtcy2wt "WW: Longitudinal Second Calendar Year Weight" lgtcy3wt "WW: Longitudinal Third Calendar Year Weight" lgtcy4wt "WW: Longitudinal Fourth Calendar Year Weight" . value labels spanel 1996 "Panel Year" . execute. save outfile = 'c:\sipp1996ctl_fer.sav'. *Copyright 2004 shared by the National Bureau of Economic Research and Jean Roth * *National Bureau of Economic Research. *1050 Massachusetts Avenue *Cambridge, MA 02138 *jroth@nber.org * *This program and all programs referenced in it are free software. You *can redistribute the program or modify it under the terms of the GNU *General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; *either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * *This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, *but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the *GNU General Public License for more details. * *You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License *along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software *Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 *USA.