The 1995/1996 Household Income, Expenditure - (PDF, 101 mb ...

Name, Size, and Level of HIECS Raw SAS Data Files, by Record Type
COV.SD2 2,073,856 h EDUC.SD2 5,484,800 h
DEM.SD2 69,059,328 i ENT.SD2 508,160 h
HOUS.SD2 12,157,184 h CULT.SD2 3,215,616 h
INV.SD2 3,801,856 h REST.SD2 1,286,400 h
EXP.SD2 55,578,880 h ACC.SD2 1,986,816 h
FOOD.SD2 106,463,488 h PER.SD2 9,343,232 h
CIGS.SD2 2,642,176 h SVC.SD2 4,366,592 h
CLO.SD2 29,364,480 h NET.SD2 5,316,864 h
FOOT.SD2 7,479,552 h WAGE.SD2 3,198,208 ih
UTIL.SD2 5,300,480 h AG.SD2 1,974,528 h
LF.SD2 9,253,120 h ADIS.SD2 1,421,568 i
FURN.SD2 6,009,088 h NAG.SD2 733,440 h
MAIN.SD2 9,552,128 h NDIS.SD2 811,264 i
MED.SD2 7,680,256 h LAND.SD2 3,804,416 ih
EQPT.SD2 37,120 h FIN.SD2 164,096 ih
TRAN.SD2 3,391,744 h INCO.SD2 1,801,984 ih
COMM.SD2 1,052,928 h SAVE.SD2 491,776 h
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Certain changes to the data must be made should the researcher wish to
use weights and/or the occupation and economic activity codes. Copies of
these minimum patches can be found in the supporting appendix.
a. The user of HIECS Survey weights should merge the relevant
analysis file with the file WGTDCOV.SD2, a permanent SAS file with the weights
attached to the COV.SD2 data set. Another way to properly use the weights
would be to run the SAS program WTCALC.SAS on the reformatted data, or,
refusing SAS, retranslate the WTCALC.SAS program into their database
software of choice. Any reference to weights must include the lines i?4
WTCALC.SAS which correct weight codes for 14 changed cluster codes.
Without this patch, the weights will not be properly attached to the clusters.
b. Any researcher using the coded variables occupation (OCCD) or
economic activity (ECONACT) must run the SAS program HKFIX.SAS (or similar,
for another software) to correct errant codes for these variables.
The final programmer's reference concerns the construction of separate
files for the creation of variances using CENVAR. The three source files are
found in the supporting appendix.
a. MAKEVAR.SAS and then MAKEVAR2.SAS create HIES.DAT, the data
file for critical household-level variance estimates using CENVAR.
b. MAKEVARI.SAS creates HIESINDV.DAT, the data file for critical
individual-level variance estimates using CENVAR.
LG A HIECS Taxonomy
In addition to the use of the HIECS data to advance the interests of
14 The reason that the codes are different from the original frame is that the
governorate supervisors, or members of the CET department, had access to the
1995 (new) area code book.