To assist users of the data, 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 an interesting 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
User Guide Tutorial #1: Cross Sectional Files HTML Version STATA Supplement to Tutorial #1
Download the Excel Answer Spreadsheet *
User Guide Tutorial #2: Changes in Participation in the Food Stamp Program (HTML Version) | (PDF Version)
User Guide Tutorial #3: A Balanced Panel of Individuals HTML Version
User Guide Tutorial #4: Linking Children and Caregivers From The 1997 Child Development Supplement (CDS) (HTML Version)
User Guide Tutorial #5-A: Intergenerational Analysis Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) --With an Application to Homeownership (PDF Version)
User Guide Tutorial #6: Intergenerational (IG) Correlations in Earnings (HTML Version) | (PDF) | (Microsoft Word)
User Guide Tutorial #7: Young adult educational outcomes: Matching grandparents and grandkids 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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