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The files generated will have the following extensions and contents:
- .NLSY97 (or whichever survey used) - the tagset, which you can use to open up the same list of variables at a later date (text file)
- .log file - log file from the download process (text file)
- .dat - data file to be read in by SAS or SPSS
- .sas file - SAS program to read in the data set
- .sps file - SPSS program to read in the data set
- .do file - STATA program to redefine the variables
- .dct - STATA dictionary file of selected variables
- .R - R program to read in the data set
- .cdb file - codebook of the selected variables (text file)
- .sdf file - short description listing of the selected variables (text file)
- .csv - comma delimited file to be read in by Excel and other software