RAND Fat File For HRS 1994 (Wave 2)
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The documentation for the RAND HRS 1994 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          h94f1_Sas8.zip          Sas8\
Stata 8 SE      h94f1_Stata8SE.zip      Stata8SE\
Spss            h94f1_Spss.zip          Spss\

NOTE: all data files are sorted by HHIDPN and have 11596 observations.

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The RAND fat file for HRS 1994 is stored as:

Sas8\h94f1a.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\h94f1a.dta	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\h94f1a.sav         = Spss

h94f1a.cont contains the SAS contents listing for the h94f1a SAS 
data set.

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The RAND Income and Wealth Imputations are separate files, 
each stored in several formats: 

Sas8\incm94f1.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\incm94f1.dta 	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\incm94f1.sav       = Spss

Sas8\wlth94f1.sas7bdat 	= SAS V8 for Unix/PC
Stata8SE\wlth94f1.dta 	= Stata V8 SE
Spss\wlth94f1.sav       = Spss

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

incm94f1.cont and wlth94f1.cont contain the SAS contents listings
for the incm94f1 and wlth94f1 SAS data sets.

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

incwealth94.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 1994, Version 1
   - Tracker 1.0

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Readme last updated 6/2006.