*This program reads the 2008 SIPP Wave 6 Topical Module Research 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 Thu Jun 9 12:46:03 EDT 2011 *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:\sipprw08w6.sps". *and choose to RUN ALL * The following changes in variable names have been made, if necessary: * '$' to 'd'; '-' to '_'; '%' to 'p' * Note: Variable names in SPSS are not case-sensitive. file handle rw08w6 /name='c:\rw08w6.dat' . data list file=rw08w6 / ssuid 1-12 (a) spanel 13-16 swave 17-18 srefmon 19 epppnum 20-23 (a) repwgt1 24-33 (4) . * See the codebook for more detailed variable descriptions. variable labels ssuid "SU: Sample Unit Identifier" spanel "SU: Sample Code - Indicates Panel Year" swave "SU: Wave of data collection" srefmon "SU: Reference month of this record" epppnum "PE: Person number" repwgt1 "WW: Person first replicate weight" . value labels spanel 2008 "Panel Year" /srefmon 1 "First Reference month" 2 "Second Reference month" 3 "Third Reference month" 4 "Fourth Reference month" . execute. save outfile = 'c:\sipprw08w6.sav'. *Copyright 2004 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.