/*****************************************************************************/
/*  SPSS User Files are being provided for the convenience of analysts who   */
/*  may wish to use SPSS to analyze the MEPS data. However, users are        */
/*  cautioned that SPSS does not currently have the capability to produce    */
/*  appropriate standard errors for estimates from a survey with a complex   */
/*  sample design like the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The      */
/*  annual national probability sample of households selected for the MEPS   */
/*  is a subsample of those participating in the National Health Interview   */
/*  Survey (NHIS) for the previous calendar year. The NHIS, an ongoing       */
/*  general health survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population,   */
/*  is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for   */
/*  Disease Control and Prevention. The NHIS sample design, and thus that    */
/*  of the MEPS, uses complex sampling techniques including                  */
/*  stratification, clustering, and differential sampling rates for the      */
/*  oversampling of selected subgroups of the population. Because of this    */
/*  sampling structure, software that accounts for this complex sample       */
/*  design must be used. Without the use of appropriate software that        */
/*  accounts for the complex sample design of the MEPS in conjunction with   */
/*  the survey's sampling weights (reflecting the survey's sample            */
/*  selection probabilities and nonresponse and other adjustments), the      */
/*  estimated standard errors of survey point estimates will generally be    */
/*  underestimated, and, thus, the inferential conclusions in an analysis    */
/*  (descriptive or analytical) may be misleading. It is recommended that    */
/*  sample survey software be used to analyze the MEPS data. Software for    */
/*  analysis of complex survey data include, for example, SUDAAN (Research   */
/*  Triangle Institute), STATA (Stata Corporation), VPLX (U.S. Bureau of     */
/*  the Census), and WESVAR (Westat, Inc.). A more comprehensive summary     */
/*  of software for the analysis of data from surveys with complex sample    */
/*  designs can be accessed through the website for the American             */
/*  Statistical Association's Survey Research Methods Section. Users may     */
/*  also reference the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)     */
/*  web document "Computing Standard Errors for Medical Expenditure Panel    */
/*  Survey (MEPS) Estimates."                                                */
/*****************************************************************************/


FILE HANDLE INFILE NAME="H221.DAT"  /LRECL=57.
DATA LIST FILE=INFILE /
    HOMEIDX 1-9 (A)
    DUID 10-16  
    PANEL 17-18  
    RULETR42 19-20 (A)
    FSOUT42 21-22  
    FSLAST42 23-24  
    FSAFRD42 25-26  
    FSSKIP42 27-28  
    FSSKDY42 29-30  
    FSLESS42 31-32  
    FSHGRY42 33-34  
    FSWTLS42 35-36  
    FSNEAT42 37-38  
    FSNEDY42 39-40  
    FSWT42 41-52 (6)
    VARSTR 53-56  
    VARPSU 57-57   .
VARIABLE LABEL 
    HOMEIDX "HOME ID NUMBER (DUID + RU + ROUND)"
    DUID "PANEL # + ENCRYPTED DU IDENTIFIER"
    PANEL "PANEL NUMBER"
    RULETR42 "RU LETTER - R4/2"
    FSOUT42 "HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU RUN OUT OF FOOD"
    FSLAST42 "HOW OFTEN DID FOOD NOT LAST"
    FSAFRD42 "HOW OFTEN COULDN T AFFORD BALANCED MEALS"
    FSSKIP42 "DID YOU EVER SKIP MEALS"
    FSSKDY42 "HOW MANY DAYS WERE MEALS SKIPPED"
    FSLESS42 "DID YOU EVER EAT LESS"
    FSHGRY42 "DID YOU EVER GO HUNGRY"
    FSWTLS42 "LOW FOOD MONEY CAUSE WEIGHT LOSS"
    FSNEAT42 "DID YOU EVER NOT EAT"
    FSNEDY42 "HOW MANY DAYS DID YOU NOT EAT"
    FSWT42 "FOOD SECURITY WEIGHT"
    VARSTR "VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM - 2020"
    VARPSU "VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU - 2020" .
VALUE LABELS 
    FSAFRD42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 OFTEN TRUE"
         2 "2 SOMETIMES TRUE"
         3 "3 NEVER TRUE" /
    FSHGRY42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 YES"
         2 "2 NO" /
    FSLAST42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 OFTEN TRUE"
         2 "2 SOMETIMES TRUE"
         3 "3 NEVER TRUE" /
    FSLESS42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 YES"
         2 "2 NO" /
    FSNEAT42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 YES"
         2 "2 NO" /
    FSNEDY42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK" /
    FSOUT42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 OFTEN TRUE"
         2 "2 SOMETIMES TRUE"
         3 "3 NEVER TRUE" /
    FSSKDY42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK" /
    FSSKIP42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 YES"
         2 "2 NO" /
    FSWTLS42
         -1 "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         -15 "-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED"
         -7 "-7 REFUSED"
         -8 "-8 DK"
         1 "1 YES"
         2 "2 NO" /
    PANEL
         23 "PANEL 23"
         24 "PANEL 24"
         25 "PANEL 25" /
    RULETR42
         '-1' "-1 INAPPLICABLE"
         'A' "A"
         'B' "B"
         'C' "C"
         'D' "D"
         'E' "E"
         'F' "F"
         'G' "G"
         'H' "H"
         'I' "I" .
EXECUTE.