fpmrf.pdf -- 1987 Full Panel Microdata Research File userguide_notes.pdf -- SIPP User Note Subjects sipp87w1.pdf -- Wave 1 Rectangular Microdata File Technical Documentation (w1rmf-cdo.pdf) sipp87rt2.pdf -- Wave 2 Rectangular and Topical Module Microdata File Technical Documentation (w2rmf-ctm.pdf) sipp87rt3.pdf -- Wave 3 Rectangular and Topical Module Microdata File Technical Documentation (w3rmf-ctm.pdf) sipp87rt4.pdf -- Wave 4 Rectangular and Topical Module Microdata File Technical (w4rmf-ctm.pdf) Documentation sipp87rt5.pdf -- Wave 5 Rectangular and Topical Module Microdata File Technical (w5cptm-rfr.pdf) Documentation (Rerelease, 1995(?)) sipp87t5o.pdf -- Wave 5 Rectangular and Educational Financing/Enrollment Topical Module Technical Documentation (1989) (w5rmfcd-efe-tm.pdf) NOTE: No SIPP 87 R or T 6 technical documentation on the CD-ROM from Census Available at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi/archive2.prl?num=9365&path=ICPSR sipp87t7.pdf -- Wave 7 Rectangular and Topical Module Microdata File Technical Documentation (w7rmf-ctm.pdf) sipp87rt6 datafile has lrecl=5938*records=31701=188240538 bytes So, our copy is missing Part E 'Long Term Care', and what we have doesn't appear to be usable. The full lrecl was supposed to be 6152 and 30,587 cases, and it appears that they squished the data to fit 5938 characters. (214 character difference in lrecl). zcat sipp87w1.dat.Z | wc -cl 30770 169050380 zcat sipp87rt2.dat.Z | wc -cl 31660 218390680 zcat sipp87rt3.dat.Z | wc -cl 31853 186467462 zcat sipp87rt4.dat.Z | wc -cl 31184 198143136 zcat sipp87rt5.dat.Z | wc -cl 30890 173787140 zcat sipp87rt6.dat.Z | wc -cl 31701 188240538 (ICPSR lists 30587 records) zcat sipp87rt7.dat.Z | wc -cl 30109 178787242