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       log:  /disk/nber10/SCCS/natality/1968/natl1968.log
  log type:  text
 opened on:   3 Nov 2005, 16:12:11

. set mem 1000m
(1024000k)

. 
. /*------------------------------------------------
>   by Jean Roth Thu Nov  3 13:32:50 EST 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 natl1968
> ----------------------------------------------- */
. 
. /* 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/natality/1968/natl1968.dat"

. 
. /* The following line should contain the path to your output '.dta' file */
. 
. local dta_name "./natl1968"

. 
. /* The following line should contain the path to the data dictionary file */
. 
. local dct_name "./natl1968.dct"

. 
. infile using "`dct_name'", using("`dat_name'") clear

infile dictionary { 
*by Jean Roth Thu Nov  3 13:32:50 EST 2005
*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(15  )    int cntyres       %3f "NCHS County of Residence"              
_column(18  )    int cityres       %3f "NCHS City of Residence"                
_column(21  )   byte citrspop      %1f "Population size - place of residence"  
_column(22  )    int smsarfip      %3f "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area"
_column(25  )   byte metrores      %1f "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 Recode #1"                        
_column(30  )   byte crace3        %1f "Race Recode #2"                        
_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 mager36       %2f "Age of Mother recode 36"               
_column(42  )   byte mager8        %1f "Age of Mother recode 8"                
_column(43  )   byte mager12       %2f "Age of Mother recode 12"               
_column(47  )   byte bornalive     %2f "Children Born alive, Number of"        
_column(49  )   byte bornalive9    %1f "Children Born alive, Number of Recode "
_column(50  )   byte bornalive3    %1f "Children Born alive, Number of Recode "
_column(58  )   byte birattnd      %1f "Attendant at birth"                    
_column(59  )   byte dgestat       %2f "Gestation"                             
_column(61  )   byte gestat9       %1f "Gestation Recode 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 "Number of Children at delivery"        
_column(71  )   byte dplural2      %1f "Number of Children at delivery recode" 
_column(74  )   byte statenat      %2f "NCHS State of Occurence"               
_column(76  )    int cntynat       %3f "NCHS County of Occurence"              

}

(1750782 observations read)

. 
. 
. /*
> Copyright 2005 shared by the National Bureau of Economic Research and Jean Ro
> th
> 
> 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.
> */
. 
end of do-file

.  :q
unrecognized command:  : invalid command name
r(199);

. pwd
/disk/nber10/SCCS/natality/1968

. save natl1968
file natl1968.dta saved

. exit