. set mem 777m
(795648k)

. 
. **------------------------------------------------;
. 
. **  This program reads the 2004 SIPP3 Longitudnal Replicate Weight File for Calendar Year 2006 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 Nov  3 15:35:34 EDT 2010
. **  Please report errors to jroth@nber.org
. **  run with do sipplrw04_cy3
. 
. **-----------------------------------------------;
. 
. ** 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 "/tmp/lrw04_cy3.dat"

. 
. ** The following line should contain the path to your output '.dta' file 
. 
. local dta_name "sipplrw04_cy3.dta"

. 
. ** The following line should contain the path to the data dictionary file 
. 
. local dct_name "sipplrw04_cy3.dct"

. 
. ** The following line should contain the complete path and name of the compressed data file. ;
. 
. local compressed "/homes/data/sipp/2004/lrw04_cy3.zip"

. 
. ** Removing dat_name
. capture rm `dat_name'

. 
. ** Uncompressing the raw data file to /tmp
. ** Note that /tmp must have enough space to write the uncompressed file
. ! unzip -p `compressed' > "`dat_name'"


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

. 
. ** Removing the temp file when finished
. ! rm -f "`dat_name'"


. 
. **  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  
>         2004        "Panel Year"                    
> ;

. #delimit cr
delimiter now cr
. desc,short

Contains data
  obs:        35,009                          
 vars:           126                          
 size:    34,763,937 (95.7% of memory free)
Sorted by:  
     Note:  dataset has changed since last saved

. 
. sort ssuid epppnum 

. saveold `dta_name' , replace
(note: file sipplrw04_cy3.dta not found)
file sipplrw04_cy3.dta saved

. 
. 
. 
. ** Copyright 2010 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