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Food Security in the United States:
Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS)

April 1995 Revised Status File SAS Code and Data Dictionary

This page contains SAS code to read the April 1995 Revised Food Security Status File that matches to the CPS-FSS file and the data dictionary associated with that file. Users with software to read CPS machine-readable data dictionaries can cut and paste the following data dictionary as unformatted text. Note: Cutting and pasting these files may create unnecessary spaces on the left of each line that must be deleted in order to read the files properly.

data temp; *modify datafile name to suit your conventions;
infile 'd:\Cpsfs95data' lrecl=53; *modify to actual path on your computer;

input
gestcen 2.
xxx $char3.
hrhhid $char12.
hrsersuf $char2.
hrfs12cs 2.
hrfs12c1 3.
hrfs12c2 3.
hrfs12c3 3.
hrfs12c4 7.3
hrfs12m1 3.
hrfs12m2 3.
hrfs12m3 3.
hrfs12m4 7.3;
drop xxx;

proc sort data=temp.temp; by gestcen hrhhid hrsersuf;

*file contains 68,099 records, one for each supplement-interview household in April 1995 CPS Food Security Supplement data file;
*file is sorted by gestcen, hrhhid, hrsersuf and matches to the April 1995 CPS Food Security Supplement data file by these variables;

 

Data Dictionary

*******************************************
* A1. HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION *
*******************************************
DATA SIZE BEGIN
D GESTCEN 2 1
CENSUS STATE CODE
U ALL HHLD's IN SAMPLE
V 11 .ME
V 12 .NH
V 13 .VT
V 14 .MA
V 15 .RI
V 16 .CT
V 21 .NY
V 22 .NJ
V 23 .PA
V 31 .OH
V 32 .IN
V 33 .IL
V 34 .MI
V 35 .WI
V 41 .MN
V 42 .IA
V 43 .MO
V 44 .ND
V 45 .SD
V 46 .NEV
V 47 .KS
V 51 .DE
V 52 .MD
V 53 .DC
V 54 .VA
V 55 .WV
V 56 .NC
V 57 .SC
V 58 .GA
V 59 .FL
V 61 .KY
V 62 .TN
V 63 .AL
V 64 .MS
V 71 .AR
V 72 .LA
V 73 .OK
V 74 .TX
V 81 .MT
V 82 .ID
V 83 .WY
V 84 .CO
V 85 .NM
V 86 .AZ
V 87 .UT
V 88 .NV
V 91 .WA
V 92 .OR
V 93 .CA
V 94 .AK
V 95 .HI

D Filler 3 3
FILLER
U ALL HHLD's IN SAMPLE

D HRHHID 12 6
HOUSEHOLD IDENTIFIER
U ALL HHLD's IN SAMPLE

D HRSERSUF 2 18
SERIAL SUFFIX IDENTIFIES EXTRA UNITS
U ALL HHLDs IN SAMPLE
V A-Z .

*******************************************
* FOOD SECURITY STATUS BASED ON COMMON *
* 1995-98 SCREENING PROCEDURES *
*******************************************

D HRFS12CS 2 20
95-98 COMMON SCREEN INDICATOR, 12 MONTH RECALL
U ALL HHLDS WITH HHSUPWGT > 0
V 1 .Did Not Pass Common Screen
V 2 .Skip Out After Block 1
V 3 .Skip Out After Block 2
V 4 .Complete Food Security Qs
V -1 .Not In Universe

D HRFS12C1 3 22
SUMMARY FOOD SECURITY STATUS, 12 MONTH RECALL, COMMON SCREEN
U ALL HHLDS WITH HHSUPWGT > 0
V 1 .FOOD SECURE
V 2 .FOOD INSECURE WITHOUT HUNGER
V 3 .FOOD INSECURE WITH HUNGER
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

D HRFS12C2 3 25
DETAILED FOOD SECURITY STATUS, 12 MONTH RECALL, COMMON SCREEN
U ALL HHLDS WITH HHSUPWGT > 0
V 1 .FOOD SECURE
V 2 .FOOD INSECURE WITHOUT HUNGER
V 3 .FOOD INSECURE WITH HUNGER, LEVEL 1
V 4 .FOOD INSECURE WITH HUNGER, LEVEL 2
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

D HRFS12C3 3 28
FOOD SECURITY RAW SCORE, 12 MONTH RECALL, COMMON SCREEN
U ALL HHLDS WITH HRFSCS > 1
V 0 .NO AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES
V 1 .ONE AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSE
V 2 .TWO AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES
.
.
.
V 18 .18 AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -5 .DID NOT PASS SCREEN -- NO RAW SCORE ASSIGNED
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

D HRFS12C4 7.3 31
FOOD SECURITY RASCH SCALE SCORE, 12 MONTH RECALL, COMMON SCREEN
U ALL HHLDS WITH HRFS12C3 > 0
ASSIGNED SCALE SCORES RANGE FROM 2.239 TO 12.537
SCORES ARE ENTERED IN THE DATA IN F7.3 FORMAT
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -5 .DID NOT PASS SCREEN -- NO RASCH SCALE SCORE ASSIGNED
V -6 .RAW SCORE = 0 -- NO RASCH SCALE SCORE ASSIGNED
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

*******************************************
* FOOD SECURITY STATUS BASED SCREENING *
* PROCEDURES USED DURING DATA COLLECTION *
*******************************************

D HRFS12M1 3 38
SUMMARY FOOD SECURITY STATUS, 12 MONTH RECALL, MAXIMUM SAMPLE
U ALL HHLDS WITH HHSUPWGT > 0
V 1 .FOOD SECURE
V 2 .FOOD INSECURE WITHOUT HUNGER
V 3 .FOOD INSECURE WITH HUNGER
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

D HRFS12M2 3 41
DETAILED FOOD SECURITY STATUS, 12 MONTH RECALL, MAXIMUM SAMPLE
U ALL HHLDS WITH HHSUPWGT > 0
V 1 .FOOD SECURE
V 2 .FOOD INSECURE WITHOUT HUNGER
V 3 .FOOD INSECURE WITH HUNGER, LEVEL 1
V 4 .FOOD INSECURE WITH HUNGER, LEVEL 2
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

D HRFS12M3 3 44
FOOD SECURITY RAW SCORE, 12 MONTH RECALL, MAXIMUM SAMPLE
U ALL HHLDS WITH HES18 != -1
(SEE FOOD SECURITY SUPPLEMENT SCREENING LOGIC DESCRIBED IN DATA
DICTIONARY)
V 0 .NO AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES
V 1 .ONE AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSE
V 2 .TWO AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES
.
.
.
V 18 .18 AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -5 .DID NOT PASS SCREEN -- NO RAW SCORE ASSIGNED
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

D HRFS12M4 7.3 47
FOOD SECURITY RASCH SCALE SCORE, 12 MONTH RECALL, MAXIMUM SAMPLE
U ALL HHLDS WITH HRFS12M3 > 0
ASSIGNED SCALE SCORES RANGE FROM 2.239 TO 12.537
SCORES ARE ENTERED IN THE DATA IN F7.3 FORMAT
V -1 .NOT IN UNIVERSE
V -5 .DID NOT PASS SCREEN -- NO RASCH SCALE SCORE ASSIGNED
V -6 .RAW SCORE = 0 -- NO RASCH SCALE SCORE ASSIGNED
V -9 .MISSING -- NONRESPONSE

 

Click here for technical documentation and user notes for the 1995 CPS-FSS.

 

 

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Updated date: July 12, 2001