RAND Fat File For HRS 1992 (Wave 1)
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The documentation for the RAND HRS 1992 Fat File is in
randff_h92-h94.pdf.  

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          h92f1_Sas8.zip          Sas8\
Stata 8 SE      h92f1_Stata8SE.zip      Stata8SE\
SPSS            h92f1_Spss.zip          Spss\

NOTE: all data files are sorted by HHIDPN and have 12652 observations.

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There are two versions of the RAND fat file for HRS 1992.
One (h92f1b) has all the original ids in HHIDPN.
In the other (hd92f1b) the overlap cases have been assigned their
AHEAD IDs in HHIDPN.  

hd92f1b will merge easily with the RAND HRS Data file.

The RAND fat files for HRS 1992 are stored as:

With original HRS IDs for overlap cases -
Sas8\h92f1b.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\h92f1b.dta	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\h92f1b.sav         = Spss

With AHEAD IDs for overlap cases -
Sas8\hd92f1b.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\hd92f1b.dta	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\hd92f1b.sav        = Spss

h92f1b.cont contains the SAS contents listing for the h92f1b SAS 
data set.

hd92f1b.cont contains the SAS contents listing for the hd92f1b SAS
data set.

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The RAND Income and Wealth Imputations are separate files, 
each stored in several formats.  There are two versions of
these files. On one file, the overlap cases have been assigned
their original HRS IDs in HHIDPN.  On the other file, the overlap
cases have been assigned their AHEAD IDs in HHIDPN.

incf92f1 and wltf92f1 will merge easily with the RAND HRS Data file.

The files on the CD are:

With original HRS IDs for overlap cases -

Sas8\incm92f1.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\incm92f1.dta 	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\incm92f1.sav       = Spss

Sas8\wlth92f1.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\wlth92f1.dta 	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\wlth92f1.sav       = Spss

With AHEAD IDs for overlap cases -

Sas8\incf92f1.sas7bdat  = SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\incf92f1.dta   = Stata V8 SE
Spss\incf92f1.sav       = Spss

Sas8\wltf92f1.sas7bdat  = SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\wltf92f1.dta   = Stata V8 SE
Spss\wltf92f1.sav       = Spss

see the randff_h92-h94.pdf file for a description of these files.

incm92f1.cont and wlth92f1.cont contain the SAS contents listings
for the incm92f1 and wlth92f1 SAS data sets.

incf92f1.cont and wltf92f1.cont contain the SAS contents listings
for the incf92f1 and wltf92f1 SAS data sets.

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

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

incwealth92.format  FORMAT statements mapping income and wealth
		imputation and ownership flags to SAS formats

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The HRS data used for these files are:
   - HRS 1992, Version 1

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Readme last updated 6/2006.