* DATE: DEC 31, 1994. * NAME: YIH-JIN YOUNG. * PURPOSE: THIS PROGRAM CONCATENATEA TH70STD.POR, TH80STD.POR,. * TH85STD.POR AND TH90STD.POR INTO ONE SINGLE DATASET.. * PROCEDURES: 1. READ IN THE PORTABLE FILES. * 2. SAVE PORTABLE FILES AS SPSS SYSTEM FILES. * 3. ADD ALL SYSTEM FILES. * 4. EXPORT OUTFILES. * DATA SOURCE: TH70STD.POR, TH80STD.POR, TH85STD.POR, TH90STD.POR. * (SEE REFERENCE GUIDE FOR DETAILS). * OUTPUT FILE: T7859CAT.POR. * IMPORT PORTABLE FILE AND SAVE IT AS SYSTEM FILE. IMPORT FILE = 'y:\thailand\data\census70\TH70STD.POR'. SAVE OUTFILE= 'y:\thailand\data\census70\TH70STD.sav'. EXECUTE. * IMPORT PORTABLE FILE AND SAVE IT AS SYSTEM FILE. IMPORT FILE = 'y:\thailand\data\census80\TH80STD.POR'. SAVE OUTFILE= 'y:\thailand\data\census80\TH80STD.sav'. EXECUTE. * IMPORT PORTABLE FILE AND SAVE IT AS SYSTEM FILE. IMPORT FILE = 'y:\thailand\data\census85\TH85STD.POR'. SAVE OUTFILE= 'y:\thailand\data\census85\TH85STD.sav'. * IMPORT PORTABLE FILE AND SAVE IT AS SYSTEM FILE. IMPORT FILE = 'y:\thailand\data\census90\TH90STD.POR'. SAVE OUTFILE= 'y:\thailand\data\census90\TH90STD.sav'. EXECUTE. GET FILE= 'y:\thailand\data\census70\TH70STD.sav'. * ADD ALL SYSTEM FILES AND SAVE IT AS PORTABLE FILE *. ADD FILES FILE=* /FILE='y:\thailand\data\census80\TH80STD.sav'/ FILE='y:\thailand\data\census85\TH85STD.sav'/FILE='y:\thailand\data\census90\TH90STD.sav'. EXPORT OUTFILE='y:\thailand\data\merged\T7859CAT.POR'. EXECUTE.