dictionary using /homes/data/sipp/1990/sipp90jid.dat { *This program reads the 1990 SIPP Revised Job ID 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 Mar 11 15:57:24 EST 2004 *Please report errors to jroth@nber.org *run with do sip90jid *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/1990\sip90jid.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 ) str9 suid %9s "Sample unit identifier" _column(10 ) str2 entry %2s "Edited entry address ID" _column(12 ) str3 pnum %3s "Edited person number" _column(15 ) int panel %4f "Sample code - indicates panel year" _column(19 ) byte wave %2f "Control card item 36A - wave number" _column(21 ) byte jobid %2f "Originally Released Employer I.D. numb" _column(23 ) byte jobid_revised %2f "Edited Employer I.D. number" _column(25 ) byte flag_jobid_chan %1f "Indicator for whether a revision was m" } /* 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. */