infile dictionary { *This program reads the 1996 SIPP Longitudnal Weight File Data File *by Jean Roth Wed Sep 3 15:54:37 EDT 2014 *Please report errors to jroth@nber.org *See the .do file for directions and run with do sipp1996ctl_fer *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 Sep 3 15:54:37 EDT 2014 *Please report errors to jroth@nber.org *run with do sipp1996ctl_fer *Change output file name/location as desired in the first line of the .dct file *If you are using a PC, you may need to change the direction of the slashes, as in C:\ * or "\\Nber\home\data\sipp\1996\sipp1996ctl_fer.dat" * The following changes in variable names have been made, if necessary: * '$' to 'd'; '-' to '_'; '%' to 'p'; * Note: Variable names in Stata are case-sensitive _column(1 ) str8 lgtkey %8s "PE: Person longitudinal key" _column(9 ) int spanel %4f "SU: Sample Code - Indicates Panel Year" _column(13 ) str12 ssuid %12s "SU: Sample Unit Identifier" _column(25 ) str4 epppnum %4s "PE: Person number" _column(29 ) double lgtpnlwt %10.4f "WW: Longitudinal Panel Weight" _column(39 ) double lgtcy1wt %10.4f "WW: Longitudinal First Calendar Year Weight" _column(49 ) double lgtcy2wt %10.4f "WW: Longitudinal Second Calendar Year Weight" _column(59 ) double lgtcy3wt %10.4f "WW: Longitudinal Third Calendar Year Weight" _column(69 ) double lgtcy4wt %10.4f "WW: Longitudinal Fourth Calendar Year Weight" } ** Copyright 2014 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. ;