*An example of a Single-Card Stata do file using "infix" command for awp9142*

clear
set mem 1000m

*Read fixed format ascii file

infix Q01 35 Q02 36 Q03 37 Q04 38 Q05 41 Q06 39 Q06_1 42  Q07 40 Q08 6 Q09 59 Weight 44-46 Region9 62-63 State1 60-61 Region4 66-67 State2 64-65 str State3 68-70 using "C:\temp\awp9142.dat"
gen Weight1 = Weight*.01

*Apply variable lables

label var Q01 "Charges against Clarence Thomas"
label var Q02 "Delay of vote for Thomas nomination"
label var Q03 "Confirm Clarence Thomas"
label var Q04 "Opinion changed of Thomas"
label var Q05 "If charges are true, would nomination of Thomas be reject"
label var Q06 "Charges against Thomas are true or false"
label var Q06_1 "Senate job performance in Thomas nomination"
label var Q07 "Ever been sexually harassed at work"
label var Q08 "Political Party"
label var Q09 "Gender of respondent"
label var Weight "Weight variable"
label var Region9 "9-Fold Census Region"
label var State1 "State codes 1-52"
label var Region4 "4-Fold Region"
label var State2 "State codes by region"
label var State3 "3-Letter Abbreviation of States"

*Define and apply value labels

label define yesno 1 "Yes" 2 "No" 8 "DK-No Opinion" 9 "NA-Refused"
label values Q01 Q04 Q05 Q07 yesno
label define appr 1 "Approve" 2 "Disapprove" 8 "DK-No Opinion" 9 "NA-Refused" 
label values Q02 Q06_1 appr
label define confirm 1 "Should Confirm" 2 "Should Not Confirm" 3 "Wait and See (vol)" 8 "DK-No Opinion" 9 "NA-Refused"
label values Q03 confirm
label define true 1 "True" 2 "Not True" 8 "DK-No Opinion" 9 "NA-Refused"
label values Q06 true
label define party 1 "Democrat" 2 "Republican" 3 "Independent" 4 "Or What" 8 "DK-No Opinion" 9 "NA-Refused"
label values Q08 party
label define gender 1 "Male" 2 "Female"
label values Q09 gender
label define reg9 1 "New England" 2 "Mid-Atlantic" 3 "E N Central" 4 "W N Central" 5 "South Atlantic" 6 "E S Central" 7 "W S Central" 8 "Mountain" 9 "Pacific"
label values Region9 reg9
label define stte1 01 "Maine" 02 "New Hampshire" 03 "Vermont" 04 "Massachusetts" 05 "Connecticut" 06 "Rhode Island" 07 "New York" 08 "New Jersey" 09 "Pennsylvania" 10 "Ohio" 11 "Indiana" 12 "Illinois" 13 "Michigan" 14 "Wisconsin" 15 "Minnesota" 16 "Iowa" 17 "Missouri" 18 "Kansas" 19 "Nebraska" 20 "South Dakota" 21 "North Dakota" 22 "Delaware" 23 "Maryland" 24 "Washington DC" 25 "West Virginia" 26 "Virginia" 27 "North Carolina" 28 "South Carolina" 29 "Georgia" 30 "Florida" 31 "Mississippi" 32 "Alabama" 33 "Tennessee" 34 "Kentucky" 35 "Arkansas" 36 "Louisiana" 37 "Texas" 38 "Oklahoma"  39 "New Mexico" 40 "Arizona" 41 "Nevada" 42 "Utah" 43 "Colorado" 44 "Wyoming" 45 "Montana" 46 "Idaho" 47 "Washington" 48 "Oregon" 49 "California" 51 "Alaska" 52 "Hawaii"
label values State1 stte1
label define reg4 1 "East" 2 "Mideast" 3 "South" 4 "West" 
label values Region4 reg4
label define stte2 07 "Connecticut" 08 "Delaware" 09 "District of Columbia" 20 "Maine" 21 "Maryland" 22 "Massachusetts" 30 "New Hampshire" 31 "New Jersey" 33 "New York" 39 "Pennsylvania" 40 "Rhode Island"  46 "Vermont" 14 "Illinois" 15 "Indiana" 16 "Iowa" 17 "Kansas" 23 "Michigan" 24 "Minnesota" 26 "Missouri" 28 "Nebraska" 35 "North Dakota" 36 "Ohio" 42 " South Dakota" 50 "Wisconsin" 01 "Alabama"  04 "Arkansas" 10 "Florida" 11 "Georgia" 18 "Kentucky" 19 "Louisiana" 25 "Mississippi" 34 "North Carolina" 37 "Oklahoma" 41 "South Carolina" 43 "Tennessee" 44 "Texas " 47 "Virginia" 49 "West Virginia"  02 "Alaska" 03 "Arizona" 05 "California" 06 "Colorado" 12 "Hawaii" 13 "Idaho" 27 "Montana" 29 "Nevada" 32 "New Mexico" 38 "Oregon" 45 "Utah" 48 "Washington" 51 "Wyoming"
label values State2 stte2