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2007 Survey of Consumer Finances
Documentation
Three types of technical documentation for the 2007 SCF are available
on this page:
the 2007 codebook, an outline of the contents of the questionnaire,
and a copy of the MR Interview (r) computer code that was used for
computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI). In addition,
technical working papers on the
survey methodology are available.
Codebook for the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances
The codebook contains the text, variable names, and responses for the
questions asked in the survey. Also provided are a brief summary
of the technical features of the survey design; a copy of
the source code for the CAPI program, a concordance of variable names
in the final data set and those used in the CAPI program; two programs
that calculate standard errors for regression models and another program to
calculate standard errors for simple statistics such as weighted medians,
all three of which account for sampling error and mutliple
imputation; and a list of the variables included in the public data set.
Codebook (2.3 MB ASCII)
Codebook last updated February 13, 2009
Showcards
At key points during the administration of the interview, interviewers
show the respondents a series of cards containing information relevant
to framing or answering a question. Most of this information is
displayed as part of the question text or response categories, but
some is more general.
Showcards (50.4 KB PDF)
Document last updated February 13, 2009
Questionnaire Outline
This outline cover the major topics addressed in the interview
and it includes a reference to the SCF variable numbers. Users
may wish to consult this outline to identify areas of interest
and then use the variable numbers to locate the more detailed
information given in the codebook.
Questionnaire Outline (47.6 KB PDF)
MR Interview (r) Computer Code used for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
The 2007 survey data were collected using CAPI. A copy of the source
code for the program is provided here. In previous years of the SCF,
an executable version of the CAPI program has been provided.
Unfortunately, there is no free "reader" version of the program that
runs this code.
MR Interview Program (4.6 MB TXT)
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