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       log:  /disk/nber10/SCCS/sipp/1996/sip96lw.log
  log type:  text
 opened on:  29 Apr 2008, 15:17:52

. set mem 1000m
(1024000k)

. 
. /*------------------------------------------------
> 
>   This program reads the 1996 SIPP Panel Longitudnal Weight 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 Tue Apr 29 10:53:54 EDT 2008
>   Please report errors to jroth@nber.org
>   run with do sip96lw
> 
> ----------------------------------------------- */
. 
. /* 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/sipp/1996/sipp96lw.dat"

. 
. /* The following line should contain the path to your output '.dta' file */
. 
. local dta_name "./sipp96lw.dta"

. 
. /* The following line should contain the path to the data dictionary file */
. 
. local dct_name "./sip96lw.dct"

. 
. /* The line below does NOT need to be changed */
. 
. quietly infile using "`dct_name'", using("`dat_name'") clear

. 
. /*------------------------------------------------
> 
>   Decimal places have been made explict in the dictionary file.
>   Stata resolves a missing value of -1 / # of decimal places as a missing value.
> 
>  -----------------------------------------------*/
. 
. *Everything below this point, aside from the final save, are value labels
. 
. #delimit ;
delimiter now ;
. ;
. label values spanel   spanel;

.  label define spanel  
>         1996        "Panel Year"                    
> ;

. #delimit cr
delimiter now cr
. save `dta_name' , replace
(note: file ./sipp96lw.dta not found)
file ./sipp96lw.dta saved

. 
. /*
> Copyright 2008 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.
> */
. 
end of do-file


. duplicates report ssuid epppnum

Duplicates in terms of ssuid epppnum

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   copies | observations       surplus
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        1 |       116616             0
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. exit