/************************************************************************************************/ /* Stata User File for HC10FF2 Data */ /* */ /* This file contains information and a sample Stata program to create a permanent */ /* Stata dataset for users who want to use Stata in processing the MEPS data provided */ /* in this PUF release. Stata (StataCorp) has the capability to produce */ /* appropriate standard errors for estimates from a survey with a complex sample */ /* design such as the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). */ /* The input file for creating a permanent Stata dataset is the ASCII data file */ /* (HC10FF2.DAT) supplied in this PUF release, which in turn can be extracted from the */ /* .EXE file. After entering the Stata interactive environment access the Stata DO-File */ /* editor by clicking on the appropriate icon in the command line at the top of the */ /* screen. Copy and paste the following Stata commands into the editor and save as a */ /* DO file. A DO file is a Stata program which may then be executed using the DO command. */ /* For example, if the DO file is named HC10FF2.DO and is located in the directory */ /* C:\MEPS\PROG, then the file may be executed by typing the following command into */ /* the Stata command line: */ /* do C:\MEPS\PROG\HC10FF2.DO */ /* The program below will output the Stata dataset HC10FF2.DTA */ /************************************************************************************************/ #delimit ; cd C:\MEPS\DATA; log using HC10FF2.log, replace; clear; * INPUT ALL VARIABLES; infix long DUID 1-5 int PID 6-8 str DUPERSID 9-16 str EVNTIDX 17-28 str HHSFFIDX 29-39 double OPSF96H 40-46 double OPMR96H 47-53 double OPMD96H 54-60 double OPPV96H 61-68 double OPVA96H 69-73 double OPCH96H 74-80 double OPOF96H 81-85 double OPSL96H 86-91 double OPWC96H 92-98 double OPOT96H 99-105 double OPTC96H 106-113 double OPSF96M 114-120 double OPMR96M 121-128 double OPMD96M 129-135 double OPPV96M 136-143 double OPVA96M 144-149 double OPCH96M 150-156 double OPOF96M 157-161 double OPSL96M 162-168 double OPWC96M 169-175 double OPOT96M 176-182 double OPTC96M 183-190 double WTDPER96 191-202 byte VARPSU96 203-204 int VARSTR96 205-207 using HC10FF2.dat; *DEFINE VARIABLE LABELS; label variable DUID "DWELLING UNIT ID"; label variable PID "PERSON NUMBER"; label variable DUPERSID "PERSON ID (DUID+PID)"; label variable EVNTIDX "EVENT ID"; label variable HHSFFIDX "HOUSEHOLD REPORTD FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED)"; label variable OPSF96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPMR96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPMD96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPPV96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPVA96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPCH96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(PRE-IMPUTD)"; label variable OPOF96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPSL96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,STATE&LOC(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPWC96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPOT96H "HHLD RPTD AMT PD,OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPTC96H "HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPSF96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,FAMILY(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPMR96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,MEDICARE(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPMD96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,MEDICAID(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPPV96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,PRIV INS(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPVA96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,VETERANS(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPCH96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPOF96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,OTHER FED(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPSL96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,STATE & LOC(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPWC96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,WORK COMP(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPOT96M "MPC RPTD AMT PD,OTH INSUR(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable OPTC96M "MPC REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(UN-IMPUTED)"; label variable WTDPER96 "POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJUSTED PERS LEVL WGT"; label variable VARPSU96 "VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1996"; label variable VARSTR96 "VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1996"; *DEFINE VALUE LABELS FOR REPORTS; label define HC10FF20001X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" ; label define HC10FF20002X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20003X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20004X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20005X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20006X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20007X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20008X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" 1 "$1.00" ; label define HC10FF20009X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20010X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20011X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20012X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20013X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20014X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20015X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20016X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" 277 "$277.00" ; label define HC10FF20017X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20018X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20019X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20020X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20021X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20022X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20023X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "$0.00" ; label define HC10FF20024X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" ; label define HC10FF20025X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" ; label define HC10FF20026X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" ; label define HC10FF20027X -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE" -2 "-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND" -3 "-3 NO DATA IN ROUND" -7 "-7 REFUSED" -8 "-8 DK" -9 "-9 NOT ASCERTAINED" 0 "0" ; * ASSOCIATE VARIABLES WITH VALUE LABEL DEFINITIONS; label value DUID HC10FF20001X; label value OPCH96H HC10FF20002X; label value OPCH96M HC10FF20003X; label value OPMD96H HC10FF20004X; label value OPMD96M HC10FF20005X; label value OPMR96H HC10FF20006X; label value OPMR96M HC10FF20007X; label value OPOF96H HC10FF20008X; label value OPOF96M HC10FF20009X; label value OPOT96H HC10FF20010X; label value OPOT96M HC10FF20011X; label value OPPV96H HC10FF20012X; label value OPPV96M HC10FF20013X; label value OPSF96H HC10FF20014X; label value OPSF96M HC10FF20015X; label value OPSL96H HC10FF20016X; label value OPSL96M HC10FF20017X; label value OPTC96H HC10FF20018X; label value OPTC96M HC10FF20019X; label value OPVA96H HC10FF20020X; label value OPVA96M HC10FF20021X; label value OPWC96H HC10FF20022X; label value OPWC96M HC10FF20023X; label value PID HC10FF20024X; label value VARPSU96 HC10FF20025X; label value VARSTR96 HC10FF20026X; label value WTDPER96 HC10FF20027X; *DISPLAY A DESCRIPTION OF STATA FILE; describe; *LIST FIRST 20 OBSERVATIONS IN THE FILE; list in 1/20; save HC10FF2, replace; #delimit cr * data file is stored in HC10FF2.dta * log file is stored in HC10FF2.log log close /************************************************************************************************ NOTES: 1. This program has been tested on Stata Version 10 (for Windows). 2. This program will create a permanent Stata dataset. All additional analyses can be run using this dataset. In addition to the dataset, this program creates a log file named HC10FF2.LOG and a data file named HC10FF2.DTA. If these files (HC10FF2.DTA and HC10FF2.LOG) already exist in the working directory, they will be replaced when this program is executed. 3. If the program ends prematurely, the log file will remain open. Before running this program again, the user should enter the following Stata command: log close 4. The cd command assigns C:\MEPS\DATA as the working directory and location of the input ASCII and output .DTA and .LOG files and can be modified by the user as necessary. 5. Stata commands end with a carriage return by default. The command #delimit ; temporarily changes the command ending delimiter from a carriage return to a semicolon. 6. The infix command assumes that the input variables are numeric unless the variable name is prefaced by str. For example, DUPERSID is the a string (or character) variable. ************************************************************************************************/