Created 2001-06-10 by Jean Roth, jroth@nber.org If you have trouble running an SPSS program, then open a new syntax file and type a command like this: *INCLUDE "c:\cpsmar89.sps". A -1 means Blank; Not in Universe; or In Universe, Met No Conditions; Sometimes, -1 is present but not described in the codebook. These appear to be Not in Universe values also. SAS will resolve a -1, Not in Universe value, as -1/# of decimals if the number of decimals is express in the INPUT statement. This probably will not impact a robust analysis; however, the -0.01 and -0.0001s, etc., should be treated as Not in Universe. Stata resolves -1/# of decimals as a missing value when the decimal places are made explicit in the dictionary file. 2016-04-04 -- CPS July 2015 Computer and Internet Use SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added. 2016-01-25 -- CPS April 2014 Child Support Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2015-10-05 -- CPS Jan 2014 Displaced Worker, Employee Tenure, and Mobility Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2015-09-18 -- CPS March ASEC traditional files renamed to cpsmar2014t CPS March 2014 Annual Social and Economic Supplement Redesign SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2015-04-09 -- CPS June 2014 Fertility Supplement added. 2015-02-26 -- CPS Dec 1998 SAS, Stata, and SPSS files updated. More descriptive notes and value labels added. 2014-12-02 -- CPS Sep 1997 Veterans Supplement updated to include Veterans supplement questions 2014-10-30 -- CPS June 2013 Unbanked/Underbanked Supplement added. 2014-10-09 -- CPS March 1987 files updated. 8 variables added. 2014-09-18 -- CPS March 2014 Annual Social and Economic Supplement Early Release SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2014-05-23 -- CPS April 2010 Child Support Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2013-10-09 -- CPS March 2013Annual Social and Economic Supplement with PRDTRACE updated values added. 2013-08-06 -- CPS December 2007 files updated to add two weight variables. 2013-05-28 -- CPS March 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement updated to include additional migration variables. 2013-05-10 -- CPS November 2012 Voting Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2013-04-12 -- CPS June 2011 Unbanked/Underbanked Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS January 2011 Tobacco Supplement added. CPS August 2010 Tobacco Use Supplement added. 2013-03-30 -- CPS July 2011, August 2012, and September 2012 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2012-11-26 -- CPS August, September, October, December 2011 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS June, July 2010 files added. 2012-01-27 -- CPS March 2011 Annual Social and Economic Supplement data dictionary updated. marg_tax ctc_crd eit_cred actc_crd fica fed_ret agi mwp_val tax_inc fedtax_bc fedtax_ac statetax_ac statetax_bc positions were changed. 2011-10-27 -- CPS March 2011 ASEC files updated. FOTC-VAL length changed from 7 to 6. 2011-10-25 -- CPS March 2011 ASEC files updated. Statetax_bc and Statetax_ac positions corrected. 2011-09-22 -- CPS August 2008 Immigration/Emigration Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2011-09-21 -- CPS March 2011 ASEC SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2011-06-13 -- CPS March 2009 ASEC updated to include stimulus variable. Thanks to Marianne Bitler for pointing this out. 2010-12-06 -- CPS November 2008 Voting and Registration Supplement renamed with 'cpsnov08vnr' names . CPS November 2008 Civic Engagement Supplement added 'cpsnov08' names . 2010-11-03 CPS January 2010 files updated. Last four variables were missing from original data dictionary file. 2010-09-29 -- CPS 2008 March-April Match File - Child Support Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS January 2009 Unbanked / Underbanked Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS August 2009 Veterans Supplement added. CPS September 2009 Volunteer Supplement added. CPS October 2009 School Enrollment and Internet Use added. CPS January 2010 Displaced Worker, Employee Tenure, and Occupational Mobility 2010-05-25 -- CPS April 2004 documentation had old variable names/locations for race and Hispanic. Replaced with prdtrace pehspnon prdthsp . 2009-12-04 -- December 2008 Food Security Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-11-04 -- The files below were updated to make explicit implied decimals cpsapr95 cpsapr97 cpsaug95 cpsdec94 cpsfeb95 cpsfeb96 cpsfeb97 cpsfeb98 cpsjun95 cpsmay97 cpsnov08c cpsnov94 cpsnov96 cpsnov98 cpssep94 cpssep96 cpssep97 cpssep98 cpsaug95 cpsjun95 2009-11-04 -- CPS October 2008 School Enrollement and CPS November 2008 Civic Engagement ( not to be confused with the Voting and Registration Supplement ) SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-10-13 -- CPS October 1998 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files updated to make implied decimal places explicit. 2009-09-28 -- CPS March 2009 ASEC SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-08-25 -- CPS May 2008 Public Participation in the Arts Supplement and CPS September 2008 Volunteer Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-08-17 -- CPS May 2006, Aug 2006, January 2007 Tobacco Use Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-08-03 -- CPS June 2008 Fertility Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS November 2008 Voting and Registration Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-06-02 -- CPS Nov 1994 Voter Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-05-18 -- CPS Jan 1999, Feb 1999, Apr 1999, May 1999, Jun 2000, Oct 2000, Feb 2001, Sep 2001 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files updated to make decimals explicit. CPS Oct 1997 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. Variables between column 1006-1054, not inclusive, were not included in the original BLS data ddf file. These were mostly child (age 3-14) computer use variables. 2009-03-31 -- CPS December 2007 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2009-03-03 -- CPS March 2008 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files updated. A few variables have more detailed value labels. 2008-11-13 -- CPS 2006 March-April Match File Child Support Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. The original BLS data dictionary had incorrect start columns for PXS602-PXS702. CPS 2007 August Veterans Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS 2007 October School Enrollment and Internet Use Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS 2008 January Displaced Worker-Employee Tenure-Occupational Mobility 2008-10-09 -- CPS June 2004, September 2004, and Februrary 2005 PENLFRET start column changed from 5678 as was in the original BLS data dictionary file to 567. 2008-09-29 -- BLS zero-filled the values of these withheld variables in the orginal CPS March 2004 file: hfdval housret prop_tax htst_wgt f_mv_fs f_mv_sl ffngcaid ffngcare ffoodreq fhoussub agi cap_gain cap_loss dep_stat eit_cred emcontrb fed_ret fed_tax fica filestat marg_tax p_mvcaid p_mvcare statetax tax_inc When merging, make sure the original zeros are overwritten, or drop the variables from the orignal CPS March 2004 file prior to the merging. Stata cpsext04.do file updated to replace the master data properly. Thanks to Arloc Sherman for pointing this out. 2008-09-25 -- CPS May 1993 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2008-09-02 -- CPS March ASEC 2008 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2008-04-16 -- CPS September 2007 Volunteer Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2008-02-20 -- CPS May 2004 Work at Home Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2007-11-30 -- CPS December 2006 Food Security Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2007-10-23 -- CPS October 2006 School Enrollment Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2007-09-04 -- 2005 Unemployment Non-Filers is actually a May 2005 file, so that is what it is called now. 2007-08-29 -- CPS Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2007-06-14 -- CPS November 2006 Voting Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2007-04-27 -- CPS September 2006 Volunteer Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2007-03-20 -- CPS 2005 Unemployed Non-Filer Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2007-02-14 -- Id variables QSTNUM and OCCURNUM made string/character in aug00, may01, dec01, apr01, sep02, aug02, sep00, oct99, and sep99 files. Implied decimals made explicit in September 1999 file. Thanks to Michele Mattingly for pointing this out. CPS October 1995 files updated. The PESCHOOL and PETYPE variable were renamed PESSCHOL and PESTYPE respectively to be consistent with the identical variable in subsequent years. Implied decimals made explicit. Thanks to Uri Shwed for pointing this out. 2006-12-20 -- CPS December 2005 Food Supplement Files added. CPS June 2006 Fertility Supplement added. 2006-09-21 -- CPS January 2006 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2006-09-21 -- CPS October 2004 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2006-09-01 -- CPS October 2005 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2006-08-29 -- CPS March 2006 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS March 2005 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files updated per BLS revision. 2006-07-28 -- CPS August 2005 Veterans Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2006-07-11 -- CPS June 2003 and November 2003 Tobacco Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. CPS February 2003 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files updated. Variables peb6d2, pec6e, and pek1c now character; pec7a added. 2006-06-19 -- CPS February 2001 Contingent Work Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2006-04-13 -- CPS February 2005 CONTINGENT WORK SUPPLEMENT SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added 2006-04-12 -- CPS 2004 Cell Phone Supplement SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added ( month is not given ). 2006-04-12 -- CPS August 2005 Basic Monthly SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added. 2006-03-20 -- CPS April 1994 and April 1996 files updated per BLS. CPS February 2000, November 2000 files updated. Implied decimals made explicit. Id variables QSTNUM and OCCURNUM made string/character. CPS December 2002 pwcmpwgt made ten columns wide with four implied decimals. CPS January 2002 files updated. QSTNUM and OCCURNUM made string/character. Two new supplement weight variables added. CPS June 2002, November 2002 files updated. 2000-Based final weight added per BLS. QSTNUM, OCCURNUM made string/character. Implied decimals made explicit. 2006-03-17 -- CPS 2004 Extract Stata updated. They did not merge multiple family households correctly. h_seq , ffngcaid changed from string to numeric for easier merging. 2005-12-08 -- CPS November 2004 SAS, Stata, and SPSS files replaced. Variable PENLFRET had incorrect start column. 2005-12-02 -- HRNUMHOU in cpsfeb95, cpsapr95, and cpssep95 had four implied decimals listed in the BLS data dictionary which makes no sense for a two-character field describing the number of persons in the household. Therefore, removed from SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2005-11-23 -- CPS December 2004 Food Security Supplement SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added. 2005-11-18 -- CPS October 2002 files updated PWCMPWGT length corrected. 2005-11-16 -- CPS February 2005 Contingent Worker Supplement SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added. CPS July 1992 Telephone Availablity Supplement SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added. CPS April 1998 Match File / Child Support Supplement SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added. CPS August 2001 Veteran's Supplement SAS, Stata, and SPSS files added. 2005-09-13 -- CPS March 2005 files updated with per-BLS corrected variable names. 2005-09-06 -- CPS March 2005 files updated to include A-MARITL and two value labels to A-FTPT. Thanks to many people for pointing this out. 2005-08-30 -- CPS March 2005 files added. 2005-08-04 -- CPS March 1999 files replaced. A-FNLWGT did not have expressed decimal places. 2005-08-04 -- CPS October 1999 files replaced. PESSCHOL was skipped. This threw off the start location of the supplement variables by two columns. 2005-07-19 -- CPS March 2004 Noncash / After Tax Extract SAS and Stata files added. This file includes variables that were originally withheld, plus a revised weight. 2005-06-17 -- CPS Mar / April 2000 Child Support Match files SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2005-06-16 -- June 2004 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. September 2004 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. November 2004 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2005-04-29 -- SAS files have been changed to read .zip files instead of .Z files. Microsoft Internet Explorer automatically changed the name of the .Z data files to .tgz, creating much confusion for people trying to uncompress the dataset and read it. The change did not damage the file and could simply be renamed. 2005-03-16 -- cpsoct97 files replaced. A special character in the label of pesch35, column 853, caused the Stata program to stop with 'unexpected end of file' error message after column 851. 2005-01-27 -- typo in penlfret location corrected in aug03, dec03, jan04, oct03, and sep03 files. 2005-01-19 -- August 2003 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. December 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. December 2003 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. January 2004 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. October 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. October 2003 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2004-10-05 -- March 2004 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. 2004-10-04 -- 2001 SCHIP SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added. Addition: June 2001, February 2002, and November 2001 Tobacco Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2004-06-08 September 2003 Volunteer Supplement added. 2004-06-08. Addition: January 2000 Tobacco Use Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2004-03-12. Addition: May 2000 Tobacco Use Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2004-03-12. Addition: October 2001 School Enrollment Supplement SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2004-03-12. Addition: September 2000 Food Security SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2004-01-13. Addition: November 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2004-01-05. Addition: June 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2003-12-24. Addition: March 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2003-10-03. Addition: August 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2003-08-22. Addition: September 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2003-02-28. Addition: January 2002 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2002-12-09 December 1994 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2002-12-09 Addition: May 2001 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2002-12-06 Addition: September 2001 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. 2002-09-23 Update: HRSERSUF type changed to string in cpsfeb97.dct. 2002-07-08 Update: PESTYPE column location truncated in cpsoct97.dct and cpsoct97.sps Update: HRNUMHOU was missing in .dct and .sps files for March 1995 due to dictionary file typo. 4/04/02. Update: BLS data 1998-2001 dictionary files had a type such that the columns PWCMPWGT were reported as 2 rather than 10. This change impacted PWCMPWGT in the following SAS, Stata, and CPS files: apr99, aug00, aug98, feb01, jan99, jun00, may99, nov00, oct00, sep98, sep99. 2/7/02. Addition: February 2001 Contingent Work Supplement 12/28/2001. Based on data dictionary in 12/4/2001 Current Population Survey: 2000-2001 at http://www.census.gov/mp/www/rom/msrom5fb.html Update: longer value labels and variable labels for jun00, jan99, may99, nov98, sep98, feb00, nov00, oct00, feb99, feb98, feb97, may97, sep97, feb96, nov96, oct96, apr95, aug95, feb95, jun95, oct95, sep94 aug00, apr99, sep99, aug98, apr97, sep96 SAS files. 11/13/01 Update: longer value labels and variable labels for SAS March and April 94 & 96. 11/12/01 Update: "in 1/100" part of infile statement dropped from Stata March .do files. "options obs=100;" and "options compress=yes" statements commented out of SAS files. 10/30/01 Addition: March 2001 Annual Demographic File 10/2/01. Based on 9/28/2001 version of the data dictionary from http://www.bls.census.gov/ferretftp.htm Update: SAS & Stata Apr 94 & 96 programs corrected re: 6/11/2001 update Update: SAS March 1989-2000 programs correct re: 6/11/2001 update Addition: Oct 00, School Enrollment Supplement, 9/12/2001 Based on data dictionary in 7/16/2001 version of Current Population Survey: 1995-2000 All Files at http://www.census.gov/mp/www/rom/msrom5fb.html Update: Stata March 1989-2000 programs revised to be more efficient 9/10/2001 Stata April 94 & 96 files changed to append all family data correctly Addition: Jun 00, Fertility & Nov 00 Voting & Registration 8/14/2001 Based on data dictionary in 7/16/2001 version of Current Population Survey: 1995-2000 All Files at http://www.census.gov/mp/www/rom/msrom5fb.html Addition: Sep 98, May 99, & Jan 99 Tobacco Supplemnent files 8/10/2001 Based on data dictionary in 7/16/2001 version of Current Population Survey: 1995-2000 All Files at http://www.census.gov/mp/www/rom/msrom5fb.html Update: 6/20/2001 Stata March programs corrected re: 6/11/2001 update Update: 6/11/2001 The Stata and SAS March programs currently do not append the correct family data to the household and person data for households with more than one family. Household and person data are merged correctly, and family data is merged correctly in single family households. (Note: this was corrected 9/10/2001)