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Stata SAS
Variable Name hispanic
Top Access Level released
Label Hispanic
Codebook SIPP Synthetic Beta v5.1
Concept
Type numeric

Files

ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.sas7bdat   http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html  ( SAS )
ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.dta   http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html  ( Stata )

Full Description

In the 1990-1993 SIPP panels, a value for ethnicity is included on each wave file. Thus, there are actually as many ethnicity variables as there are waves of the survey and some changes occur across waves as a result of data collection error. Ethnicity is chosen by creating an array of variables ethncty1-ethncty{max number of waves} and choosing the first non-missing value. Thus, ethnicity comes from the first wave in which the individual was interviewed instead of from a fixed point in the survey. Respondents are coded as Hispanic if they have an ethnicity code between 14 and 20. In the 1996-2004 panels, the longitudinally-edited version contains only one value for ethnicity across all waves (eorigin) and this value is used. Respondents are coded as Hispanic if they have an ethnicity code between 20 and 28 in 1996 and 2001, or if they have an ethnicity code of 1 in 2004.

Value Ranges

Value Range

Range: [ 0 , 1 ]

Groups

Demographic Variables

Values (2 total)

0 Non-hispanic
1 Hispanic