infile dictionary { *This program reads the 1968 NCHS Natality Detail Data File *by Jean Roth Thu Nov 8 16:52:10 EST 2007 *Please report errors to jroth@nber.org *See the .do file for directions and run with do natl1968 *NOTE: This program is distributed under the GNU GPL. *See end of this file and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for details. _column(1 ) byte datayear %1f "Data year" _column(11 ) byte rectype %1f "Record type" _column(12 ) byte restatus %1f "Resident status" _column(13 ) byte stateres %2f "NCHS State of Residence" _column(13 ) str5 cntyres %5s "NCHS County of Residence" _column(18 ) str3 cityres %3s "NCHS City of Residence" _column(21 ) str1 citrspop %1s "Population size - place of residence" _column(22 ) str3 smsares %3s "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area SMSA of residence" _column(25 ) str1 metrores %1s "Met/Nonmet county of residence" _column(26 ) byte frace %1f "Race of Father" _column(27 ) byte mrace %1f "Race of Mother" _column(28 ) byte crace %1f "Race of Child" _column(29 ) byte crace2 %1f "Race of Child Recode" _column(30 ) byte crace3 %1f "Race of Child Recode" _column(31 ) byte csex %1f "Sex of Child" _column(32 ) byte birmon %2f "Month of birth" _column(38 ) byte dmage %2f "Age of Mother" _column(40 ) byte mage36 %2f "Age of Mother recode 36" _column(42 ) byte mage8 %1f "Age of Mother recode 8" _column(43 ) byte mage12 %2f "Age of Mother recode 12 " _column(47 ) byte dlivord %2f "Detail Live birth order" _column(49 ) byte livord9 %1f "Live birth order Recode 9" _column(50 ) byte livord3 %1f "Live birth order Recode 3" _column(58 ) byte birattnd %1f "Attendant at birth" _column(59 ) byte dgestat %2f "Gestation" _column(61 ) byte gestat10 %1f "Gestation Recode 10 (0-9)" _column(62 ) int dbirwt %4f "Birthweight" _column(66 ) byte birwt12 %2f "Birthweight Recode 12" _column(68 ) byte birwt3 %1f "Birthweight Recode 3" _column(69 ) byte dlegit %1f "Legitimacy" _column(70 ) byte dplural %1f "Plurality" _column(71 ) byte plural2 %1f "Plurality recode 2" _column(74 ) byte statenat %2f "NCHS State of Occurence" _column(74 ) long cntynat %5f "NCHS County of Occurence" } /* Copyright 2007 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. */