Download MFLS-2 Data
The 1988 MFLS-2 data and documentation are available for download below. The documentation is in pdf format. The data are available in three formats: SAS, Stata and raw ascii.
Documentation
Documentation files: |
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| cdbk1.pdf.gz | (Technical and field report plus codebook introduction and MF22) |
| cdbk2.pdf.gz | (MF23 to MF26EB) |
| cdbk3.pdf.gz | (MF26DIST to MF27COMM) |
| appendix.pdf.gz | (Appendices to MFLS2 data codebook) |
| userguid.pdf.gz | (MFLS2 User's Guide) |
| quest.pdf.gz | (Description of survey instruments) |
All documents are also available as free PDF downloads from the RAND Bookstore:
Data
PLEASE NOTE: NEW/SENIOR DATA FILES AND PANEL/CHILDREN DATA FILES HAVE THE SAME FILE NAMES. YOU MUST UNZIP THE ARCHIVES IN DIFFERENT SUBDIRECTORIES TO AVOID OVERWRITING DATA FILES.
SAS Transport files: |
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| MF2NS_exp.zip | (New and Senior files) |
| MF2PC_exp.zip | (Panel and Child files files) |
| MF2commexp.zip | (MF26 and MF27 files) |
SAS transport files were created with the xport engine using Proc Copy. |
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Stata files: |
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| MF2NS_dta.zip | (New and Senior files) |
| MF2PC_dta.zip | (Panel and Child files) |
| MF2commdta.zip | (MF26 and MF27 files) |
ASCII files: |
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| MF2NS_raw.zip | (New and Senior files) |
| MF2PC_raw.zip | (Panel and Child files) |
| MF2commraw.zip | (MF26 and MF27 files) |
| MF2inputpgms.zip | (input statements for MFLS2 ascii data) |
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