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Data Sets

Food Security in the United States:
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

SAS Code to Read in the ASCII SIPP 1996 Wave 8 Food Security Data File

data temp; infile 'd:\foodsecu\sipp\sipp96w8fs.dat' lrecl=22;
*modify path and filename in accordance with file location in your system;
input
@1 ssuid $ 12. /* first two variables are to match by 1998 household */
@13 shhadid 2.
@15 aafdsec 1. /* flag indicating if any of the scale variables was imputed */
@16 rafsraw 1. /* household food security raw score */
@17 rafsscal f5.2 /* household food security scale score (interval-level measure) */
@22 rafsstat 1.; /* household food security status category (categorical measure) */
run;
proc freq data=temp; tables aafdsec rafsraw rafsscal rafsstat;
title1 ‘Run 8: HH in ascii public-use file, unweighted';
run;
*match this SAS data set to the SIPP 1996 Wave 8 Topical Module Data File by SSUID and SHHADID;

 

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Updated date: September 5, 2006