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Contents
These files contain data and documentation for the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 1989 and 1994 Active Saving datasets. This file, README.HTML, provides basic information about these files. We recommend that you carefully review this material before proceeding with any work using the data files.
There are two data files: the 1989 Active Savings file and the 1994 Active Savings file.
The 1989 file contains one record for each family interviewed in 1989. It contains information about savings between 1984 and 1989.
The 1994 file contains one record for each family interviewed in 1994 that had a non-zero family weight (and was included in the previously released 1994 Wealth file). This file was based on the Public Release I version of the 1994 family file and thus may be subject to relatively minor changes once the Public Release II version of the 1994 family file is available. It contains information about savings between 1989 and 1994.
The data are in raw ASCII form. Refer to the data definition statements - SAS or SPSS -- for record format layout information, variable names, variable labels , and missing data codes.
File Attributes and Variables for Data Files
File name Records LRECL Number of variables ACTSAV89.DAT 7,114 103 15 ACTSAV94.DAT 8,628 117 17
B. SAS & SPSS Data Definition Statements
These files contain SAS and SPSS data definition statements providing information about the variables in the data files. Two files of each type, SAS and SPSS, corresponding to the two data files, are provided. The naming conventions are the same as for the data files, e.g., ACTSAV89.SAS contains SAS statements for the 1989 Active Saving data file and ACTSAV89.SPS contains SPSS statements for the 1989 Active Saving data file.
The data definition statements provide variable names, variable labels, locations, and missing data codes. Zero values have been defined as missing data. You should check the codebook for each variable and determine if you want zero values to be defined as missing for your analysis.
The SAS and SPSS data definition statements are NOT intended to represent completed and full programs for the respective statistical program packages to run extracts, analysis, etc. You must provide all other SAS or SPSS statements needed to complete a program.
The following machine-readable documentation files will be provided for the designated data files.
File Description and Attributes for Documentation Files
Contents Filename Approximate printed pages Guide to the Active Savings files ACTSAV.TXT 3 Codebook for 1984-1989 Active Saving ACTSAV89.TXT 9 Codebook for 1989-1994 Active Saving ACTSAV94.TXT 10
For a copy of the 1994 questionnaire in PDF format, see the questionnaires page.
II. Additional Help
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