*This program reads the  Survey of Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) U.S. Population Data 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 Apr 25 16:51:52 EDT 2007 
*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:\seer_pop.sps".
*and choose to RUN ALL
file handle seer_pop /name="c:\homes\data\seer-pop\seer.cancer.gov\popdata\yr1969_2004.singleages\us.1969_2004.singleages.exe" .
data list file=seer_pop / 
            year       1-4         
            st         5-6 (a)     
            stfips     7-8         
            county     9-11        
            registry   12-13       
            race       14          
            hispanic   15          
            sex        16          
            age        17-18       
            pop        19-26       
.
* See the codebook for more detailed variable descriptions.
variable labels
            year       "Year"                                  
            st         "State postal abbreviation"             
            stfips     "State FIPS code"                       
            county     "County FIPS code"                      
            registry   "Registry"                              
            race       "Race"                                  
            hispanic   "Hispanic Origin"                       
            sex        "Sex"                                   
            age        "Age"                                   
            pop        "Population"                            
.
value labels 
     registry
            01          "San Francisco-Oakland SMSA"    
            02          "Connecticut"                   
            20          "Detroit (Metropolitan)"        
            21          "Hawaii"                        
            22          "Iowa"                          
            23          "New Mexico"                    
            25          "Seattle (Puget Sound)"         
            26          "Utah"                          
            27          "Atlanta (Metropolitan)"        
            29          "Alaska Natives"                
            31          "San Jose-Monterey"             
            33          "Arizona Indians"               
            35          "Los Angeles"                   
            37          "Rural Georgia"                 
            41          "California excluding SF/SJM/LA"
            42          "Kentucky"                      
            43          "Louisiana"                     
            44          "New Jersey"                    
            99          "Registry for non-SEER area"    
     /race   
            1           "White"                         
            2           "Black"                         
            3           "Other (1969+)/American Indian/Alaska Native (1990+)"
            4           "Asian or Pacific Islander (1990+)"
     /hispanic
            0           "Non-Hispanic"                  
            1           "Hispanic"                      
            9           "Not applicable in 1969-2004 W" 
     /sex    
            1           "Male"                          
            2           "Female"                        
     /age    
            00          "0 years"                       
            01          "1-4 years"                     
            02          "5-9 years"                     
            03          "10-14 years"                   
            04          "15-19 years"                   
            05          "20-24 years"                   
            06          "25-29 years"                   
            07          "30-34 years"                   
            08          "35-39 years"                   
            09          "40-44 years"                   
            10          "45-49 years"                   
            11          "50-54 years"                   
            12          "55-59 years"                   
            13          "60-64 years"                   
            14          "65-69 years"                   
            15          "70-74 years"                   
            16          "75-79 years"                   
            17          "80-84 years"                   
            18          "85+ years"                     
. 
list.
execute.
save dictionary = 'c:\seer_pop.sav'.

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