If you have trouble running an SPSS program, then open a new syntax file and type a command like this: INCLUDE "c:\cpsbjan89.sps". 2014-05-01 -- A_HGA variable updated to be highest grade attended. 2013-01-04 -- cpsbmay12 programs updated. PRWERNAL was missing. 2012-11-19 -- cpsbmay12 programs added. 2011-08-19 -- cpsbjan10 programs updated. Many variables were missing. 2011-04-12 -- cpsbjan10 programs added. 2010-02-22 -- prhrusl, hutypb, and hutypc start locations were cut off. 2009-02-27 -- CPS revised weights file for december 2007 added. 2008-11-06 -- updated SAS, SPSS, and Stata files for layout starting January 1998. updated January 1989 to be similar in style to later years' files. 2007-06-05 -- SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added for layout starting January 2007. 2007-02-14 -- Updated cpsbmay04 and cpsbaug05 programs to make qstnum and occurnum character rather than numeric. Thanks to Michele Mattingly for pointing this out. 2006-04-20 -- cpsbjan03 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files updated so that implied decimals are made explicit and qstnum and occurnum are character, not numeric. 2006-01-26 -- SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added for layout starting August 2005. 2005-06-28 -- pwcmpwgt four decimal places made explicit in cpsbmay04 programs. 2005-05-23 -- cpsbjan98 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files updated so that qstnum and occurnum are character, not numeric. 2005-03-18 -- SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added for layout starting May 2004. 2005-03-18 -- SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added for April 1994 - May 1995. 2005-03-18 -- SAS, SPSS, and Stata files added for June 1995 - Aug 1995. 2005-03-18 -- SAS, SPSS, and Stata files revised for Jan 1994 - March 1994. 2005-03-18 -- SAS, SPSS, and Stata files revised for September 1995 - December 1997. In jan94-sep95 programs, implied decimal places are made explicit. Difference between January and April 1994 is the addition of MSA and MSA-related variables in April 1994. Differnece between April 1994 and June 1995 files is the removal of geographic variables from June 1995 - August 1995 to protect confidentiality. Primary difference between June 1995 and September 1995 layout is the inclusion of the new geographic variables in the September 1995 file and also the expansion of the household identifier to 15 characters from 12 characters. 2004-05-05 -- Geographic variables in column 95-107 added to 1994 SAS, SPSS, and Stata files. I believe these values are suppressed April 1994 - August 1995 to protect confidentiality. 2003-04-03 -- 2003 files added. Implied decimals made explicit in 1998 files. 2002-08-23 -- big variables (>=8 columns) changed to datatype long or double from float in .dct files