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are technical specifications and programming information for
the H53 data file. Users are strongly encouraged to read the
documentation file provided in this release for additional
information on the content of this file.
H53.DAT: This file contains the H53 data in ASCII format. It
contains 41002 records with 102 variables. This file has a logical record
length of 214 with an additional 2-byte carriage return/line feed at
the end of each record. The content of this file is described in the file
H53DOC.PDF.
H53.SSP: This file contains the H53 data in SAS Transport format. See the H53SU.TXT file for information applicable to SAS users of
the H53 data.
Note: For users' convenience, both of these data files (i.e., the ASCII data
files and the SAS Transport data files) are provided in two compressed
formats: 1) a compressed ZIP file and 2) a self-extracting executable file.
See the related link for
information on uncompressing these files.
H53SU.TXT: This ASCII file contains information for SAS users of the H53 data. This includes information on the SAS Transport
version of the H53 data, as well as SAS statements for converting
the ASCII data file into a SAS data set (in lieu of using the SAS Transport
file) and for creating and using SAS formats. This file also includes
helpful information for inexperienced SAS users, such as sample SAS program
code.
H53DOC.PDF: This PDF (Portable Document Format) file contains the document
describing the contents of the H53.DAT file.
H53CB.PDF: This PDF file contains the codebook for the for the H53 data
file. It indicates the record layout (i.e., the start and end position of
each variable) of the file. The codebook also includes listings of the
variables in both alphabetical and position order, as well as the following
information for each variable: 8 character name, 40 character description,
format (length), type (character or numeric), start and end position, and
unweighted frequency.
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