RAND Fat File For HRS 2000 (Wave 5) *** VERSION C ***
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*** CHANGES IN VERSION C ***

Version C of the fat file for the final 2000 (V1) data drops one case
that was determined to be a room-mate rather than a partner.  This
case is identified in a January 2005 Data Alert.  The dropped case was
211430.021.  The marital status and spouse variables (GPnnnn) were 
adjusted for 211430.020 who was partnered and is now separated.  On
the income file, spouse income is zeroed out.

Also based on November 2005 Data Alert, 75573.041 is changed to 75573.010
as is S5HHIDPN for 75573.040.

Besides the adjustment for the dropped case, this version of the 
income imputation file includes additional variables for imputed
monthly income amounts and the numbers of months received, and for
up to three lump sums, not restricted to those received in the last
calendar year.

The monthly income amounts are now included for Social Security
disability (R5MSDI/S5MSDI) and retirement (R5MSS/S5MSS), 
veterans benefits (R5MVET/S5MVET), pensions (R5MPEN1-R5MPEN3 and
S5MPEN1-S5MPEN3), annuities (R5MANN1-R5MANN3 and S5MANN1-S5MANN3),
SSI (H5MSSI), and food stamps (H5MFOOD).  There are corresponding
variables giving the number of months received for each of these
types of income as well, e.g., R5NSDI/S5NSDI, R5NSS/S5NSS, etc.

The lump sum variables are IH5LUMP1-IH5LUMP3 for the imputed lump sum
amounts, H5OLUMP1-H5OLUMP3 for whether received lump sums, and H5FLUMP1-
H5FLUMP3 for the imputation flags.  The type of lump sum received 
can be found in G5862, G5869, and G5876.

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There is no documentation for the RAND HRS 2000 Fat Fat File 
at this time but it includes variables similar to those derived for 1998.

see the randff_h98f1.pdf file for a description of the 1998 files.

The data files, provided in three formats, have been encrypted.  It is
important to copy these files to hard drive before unencrypting.  When the
corresponding *.zip file is double-clicked, select extract, select the
folder to store the files, and provide the proper pass-phrase.  A
subfolder will be created and the data files will be unzipped to that
folder (Target subfolder).  Please use WinZip V10 or higher to unzip
the file.  You can download WinZip from www.winzip.com.

Format          File                    Target subfolder
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Sas V8          h00f1_Sas8.zip          Sas8\
Stata 8 SE      h00f1_Stata8SE.zip      Stata8SE\
Spss            h00f1_Spss.zip          Spss\

NOTE: all data files are sorted by HHIDPN and have 19579 observations.

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The RAND fat file for HRS 2000 is stored as:

Sas8\h00f1c.sas7bdat    = SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\h00f1c.dta     = Stata V8 SE
Spss\h00f1c.sav         = Spss

h00f1c.cont contains the SAS contents listing for the h00f1c SAS
data set.

h00f1c.tabs contains frequency tables and means of some variables.
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The RAND Income and Wealth Imputations are separate files, 
each stored in several formats: 

Sas8\incm00f1.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\incm00f1.dta 	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\incm00f1.sav       = Spss

Sas8\wlth00f1.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\wlth00f1.dta 	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\wlth00f1.sav       = Spss

these files are similar to the 1998 files.  
see the randff_h98f1.pdf file for a description of the 1998 files.

incm00f1.cont and wlth00f1.cont contain the SAS contents listings
for the incm00f1 and wlth00f1 SAS data sets.

incm00f1.tabs and wlth00f1.tabs contain frequency tables and means of some
variables.

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The following files provide SAS formats and the variables
assignments for them. They are in the Fmts\ subdirectory.

h00bkth.fmt	SAS formats (VALUE statements) for HHold level
		categorical bracket variables
h00bkth.format	the FORMAT statement mapping HHold level
		bracket variables to SAS formats

h00bktr.fmt	SAS formats (VALUE statements) for Respondent level
		categorical bracket variables
h00bktr.format	the FORMAT statement mapping Respondent level
		bracket variables to SAS formats

income.fmt	SAS formats (VALUE statements) for income
		imputation and received flags
wealth.fmt	SAS formats (VALUE statements) for wealth
		imputation and ownership flags

incwealth00.format  FORMAT statements mapping income and wealth
		imputation and ownership flags to SAS formats

hrs00.fmt	SAS formats (VALUE statements) for some variables.
		The FORMAT statements mapping variables to value
		labels are in the comments at the top of this file.
				
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The HRS data used for these files are:
   - HRS 2000, Version 1
   - Tracker V3.1

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