PUBLIC USE 2008 SESTAT (SURVEY OF RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES) DATA FILES
 
This CD-ROM contains data and related documentation for the public
use 2008 SESTAT NSRCG data files.
 
The data is taken from the January 26, 2012 version of SESTAT maintained at NSF.
 
DESCRIPTION OF FILES
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  The microdata are provided in various formats to facilitate their use with many software packages.
  The principal data format that is supported by NSF is SAS.  Technical support by NSF is limited to 
  the data files and the SAS programs listed here. NSF does not provide support to users of SPSS or 
  other packages, as SPSS and these other packages are not available at the agency.
 
  Data and Programs
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    EPRC08.XPT - 2008 SESTAT data (Survey of Recent College Graduates) in SAS XPORT format
    EPRC08.DAT - 2008 SESTAT data (Survey of Recent College Graduates) in ASCII format
    EPRC08.sas7bdat - 2008 SESTAT data (Survey of Recent College Graduates) in SAS for Windows format

    FPRC08.SAS - a text file containing SAS FORMAT assignment statements
    LPRC08.SAS - a text file containing SAS LABEL assignment statements
    PPRC08.SAS - a text file containing SAS PROC FORMAT statements
 
    LdPRC08.SPS - a text file containing SPSS syntax for loading EPRC08.DAT (ASCII data) into SPSS
    NOTE: Technical support for SPSS users is not provided by NSF. The validity of this file 
    has not been verified by NSF, as SPSS is not available at the agency.

    LAYOUTPRC08.TXT - Input Layout for EPRC08.DAT
 
  Documentation and Related Files
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    NSRCG08_PublicDataUser.pdf - Survey instrument, 2008 NSRCG

    PPRC08.PDF - Survey variable codebook in Adobe PDF format.
                 (Refer to http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sestat/variableinfo.cfm for complete variable 
                  documentation or if you do not have a copy of the Adobe PDF Reader).
 
    DPRC08.XLS - Data Dictionary Source/SAS name cross-walk file (EXCEL97 spreadsheet format)
 
 
    README.TXT - this read me file
 
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All other questions or comments on these files should be referred to:
 
  Steve Proudfoot
  National Science Foundation
  National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
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  sproudfo@nsf.gov 

2/20/2012
  
