readme.divrt

Data Group Name:  divrt

Description:
        State Divorce Rates, 1956-1991

Data Source(s):
        Vital Statistics of the United States
        Raw data was entered into a file.  See raw data file above.


Comments:


Usage:  To look up values of these data for a set of key variable values
        (in SAS):

        a) In your SAS program, before your data step add:

           %include 'divrt.fmt';

        b) set SUPERKEY to the combination of key variable values you
           want to look up.  See "SUPERKEY=" under key variable
           description below.

        c) use a formatted put function of SUPERKEY with the data series
           format (See examples under "Usage" in detailed description of
           each data series).

Key vars:  Varname    Typ    Description
           STATE      Num    State (FIPS)
                             Min=1   Max=99
                             FIPS codes for US states, 99=US
           YEAR       Num    Year
                             Min=1956   Max=1991

          SAS code to make SUPERKEY:

                PERKEY =(10000*STATE) + YEAR;

Data series [summary]:
        Varname  Fmtname   Typ    Description
        -------  -------   ---    -----------
        DIVRATE  DIVRATE.  Num    Divorce Rate (# per 1000 pop)

---------------------------- Data series DIVRATE ----------------------------
    Varname  Fmtname   Typ    Description
    DIVRATE  DIVRATE.  Num    Divorce Rate (# per 1000 pop)
                              Units=divorces and annulments per 1,000 popula
                              Min=0.4   Max=36.6   Mean=4.30342644
                              N=1872   N_Missing=0
    DIVRATEM DIVRATEM. Num    DIVRATE missing flag
                              DivRt missing/=state-ratioed natl-yr-avg
                              Min=0   Max=1   Mean=0.0400641
                              N=1872   N_Missing=0

    How missings handled: If a divorce rate is missing, it is set to the year-
    specific mean of nonmissing rates times the ratio of average state level
    and average US level.  In this manner, the national trend is followed while
    preserving the average deviation of the state from the national figures.
    Comments:  The US (state=99) values for divorce rate is the mean divorce
    rate across states, for each year.
    Usage: myvar=put(superkey,DIVRATE.);

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The SAS System                                                                                    10:55 Monday, January 27, 1997   1

CONTENTS PROCEDURE

Data Set Name: DIVRT                                   Observations:         1872
Member Type:   DATA                                    Variables:            5
Engine:        V611                                    Indexes:              0
Created:       11:43 Wednesday, June 12, 1996          Observation Length:   34
Last Modified: 11:43 Wednesday, June 12, 1996          Deleted Observations: 0
Protection:                                            Compressed:           YES
Data Set Type:                                         Reuse Space:          NO
                                                       Sorted:               YES

             -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----

#    Variable    Type    Len    Pos    Label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    DIVRATE     Num       8     18    Divorce Rate (# per 1000 pop)
5    DIVRATEM    Num       8     26    DivRt missing/=state-ratioed natl-yr-avg
2    STATE       Num       8      8    State (FIPS)
3    ST_CHAR     Char      2     16    State Postal Code
1    YEAR        Num       8      0    Year

-----Sort Information-----

Sortedby:      STATE YEAR
Validated:     YES
Character Set: ASCII