log using sipprw08w6.log, replace **------------------------------------------------; ** 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 Wed Jan 7 14:51:29 EST 2015 ** Please report errors to jroth@nber.org ** run with do sipprw08w6 **-----------------------------------------------; ** 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/2008/rw08w6.dat" ** The following line should contain the path to your output '.dta' file local dta_name "/homes/data/sipp/2008/sipprw08w6.dta" ** The following line should contain the path to the data dictionary file local dct_name "sipprw08w6.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 ; ; label values spanel spanel; label define spanel 2008 "Panel Year" ; label values srefmon srefmon; label define srefmon 1 "First Reference month" 2 "Second Reference month" 3 "Third Reference month" 4 "Fourth Reference month" ; #delimit cr desc,short sort ssuid epppnum swave srefmon saveold `dta_name' , replace ** Copyright 2015 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. ;