Data Management and Analysis in Support of the Army Family Research Program
Abstract
This report details the processes and procedures used to transfer the Army Family Research Program (AFRP) Spouse Data Set, the Family Service Providers (SPF) Data Set, and the Installation and Community Characteristics Inventory (ICCI) Data Set from the National Institutes of Health mainframe computer to MS-DOS personal computer files for use by researchers at the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI). Procedures include a discussion on the appropriate job control language (JCL) to use with the Spouse file stored as a SAS data set, the macros used to generate the spouse data book, and the use of the Kermit communications package to download files to a PC. Included are also procedures to compute appropriate standard errors using the SUDAAN software. Special emphasis is placed on the description of procedures used to generate the various files. Standard error, SUDAAN, Family service providers, Spouse, AFRP, Army spouse characteristics. JCL, Army families.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA256905
Entities
People
- Carlos E. Gonzalez