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Tutorials/PSID in the Classroom    [ PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT TUTORIALS]

To assist users, and to facilitate use of the PSID in the classroom, several tutorials have been written. Each tutorial walks users through the step-by-step process of creating an analytical extract within the PSID Data Center and analyzing the data to answer a substantive question. The tutorials are provided below, with a background article providing additional motivation and detail appearing in Social Science Computer Review, vol 22(4), Winter 2004, Pages 457-468. The Panel Study of Income Dynamics Online: An Instructional Resource, by Ngina S. Chiteji and Frank P. Stafford

 
 
Tutorial #1 :
Cross Sectional Files
Learn how to create cross-sectional files in excel using variables from both family and individual files
[HTML]
[STATA]
[Answers]
 
 
Tutorial #2 :
Changes in Participation in the Food Stamp Program
Use Microsoft Excel to track changes in participation in the Food Stamps Program between 1994 and 1999
[HTML]
[PDF]
[Answers]
 
 
 
Tutorial #3 :
A Balanced Panel of Individuals
Create and explore a balanced panel of women to analyze their labor income transitions from 1994 to 1998
[HTML]
[Answers]
 
 
Tutorial #4 :
Linking Children and Caregivers From The 1997 Child Development Supplement (CDS)
Create a customized subset from a selection of CDS data modules that highlights the use of relational data structures
[HTML]
[Answers]
 
 
Tutorial #5-A :
Intergenerational Analysis Using the PSID
(With an Application to Homeownership)
Create customized files and analyze Intergenerational PSID and CDS individuals using Excel
[PDF]
[Answers]
 
 
Tutorial #5-B :
Intergenerational Correlations in Health Outcomes
Create customized files and analyze Intergenerational PSID and CDS individuals using Excel
[PDF]
[Answers]
 
 
Tutorial #6 :
Intergenerational (IG) Correlations in Earnings
Learn how to create and analyze intergenerational data using the PSID Data Center and SAS
[HTML]
[PDF]
[DOC]
 
 
Tutorial #7 :
Young adult educational outcomes: Matching grandparents and grandkids
How to use TA (Transition to Adulthood) files, linking them to CDS (Child Development Supplement)
[PDF]
 
 

* Note to Netscape users: Right-click on the Excel Answer Spreadsheet link and select "Save Link As..." to save the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet to a file. Then, the file can be opened and viewed in Microsoft Excel.





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