log using ffext04, text replace set mem 1000m /*------------------------------------------------ by Jean Roth Tue Jul 19 12:00:17 EDT 2005 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 ffext04 ----------------------------------------------- */ /* 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 "/homes/data/cps/ffext04.dat" /* The following line should contain the path to your output '.dta' file */ local dta_name "./ffext04.dta" /* The following line should contain the path to the data dictionary file */ local dct_name "./ffext04.dct" quietly infile using "`dct_name'", using("`dat_name'") clear /*------------------------------------------------ All items, except those with one character, also can have values of -1, -2, or -3 even if the values are not in the documentation The meaning is -1 .Blank or not in universe -2 .Don't know -3 .Refused The following changes in variable names have been made, if necessary: '$' to 'd'; '-' to '_'; '%' to 'p'; ($ = unedited data; - = edited data; % = allocated data) Decimal places have been made explict in the dictionary file. Stata resolves a missing value of -1 / # of decimal places as a missing value. -----------------------------------------------*/ gen h_seq = fh_seq sort h_seq ffpos ** Confirming h_seq ffpos is a unique id for merging family data quietly duplicates report h_seq ffpos assert r(unique_value)==r(N) *gen peridnum_ext = peridnum *sort peridnum_ext saveold "`dta_name'" , replace /* Copyright 2005 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. */