The 2-Year Client Survey file and documentation include:

NOTE: All files are in ASCII.

\COVRMEMO.TXT  provides an introduction to the data and documentation
and offers suggestions on how to use the files.

\NEWWS\PUF\2YEAR\SURVEY\DATA\N2RS1221.TXT

This is the ASCII data file with responses to sections of the survey
administered to all respondents (N=9,675).  It includes questions on
child care for employment and a limited number of child
outcomes.  (More detailed information on these subjects can be found in
the Child Outcomes Study Survey file.)  The file also contains outcome
measures created from survey responses and information on administration
of the survey: interview date, mode  (phone/in-person), and length.
Each sample member has 18 records of data.  The file is sorted by each
sample member's randomly generated IDNUMBER and record number.

IMPORTANT !!!:

1) Survey responses must be weighted to make the findings generalizable
to the Full Impact Sample.  The variable that weights the responses is
called FIELDWGT and is included on the file.  SEE S2SAMPLE.TXT and
SIMPMEMO.TXT for details.

2) Respondents' background characteristics and administrative records
data are stored on the Full Sample Impact file: N2RI1213.TXT.

Read N2RI1213.TXT, select SRV2RESP=1 (2-Year Survey respondent), and merge
by IDNUMBER to get add these records to the survey file.




\NEWWS\PUF\2YEAR\SURVEY\CODEBOOK\N2RSCBK.TXT

This file contains the data codebook, a comprehensive description of
N2RS1221.TXT. For each variable on the data file the codebook
provides the following information:  The name of the variable and
its starting and ending columns on the ASCII file, the variable's SAS
informat (5.0 is the default), the variable label,  a brief
description of the variable and any issues with the variable.
(Note: The data are stored in ASCII, so informats can be changed to
conform to any statistical or econometric software package.) The codebook
also displays the N, NMISS, MEAN, Standard Deviation, Minimum, and
Maximum for each variable.  For variables with 51 values or less,  a
frequency distribution is listed.  The frequencies show the value
labels. These may be copied and, if necessary, modified to be read into
SAS or any other statistical or econometric software package.




\NEWWS\PUF\2YEAR\SURVEY\LAYOUT\N2RSPUT.TXT

This file contains the body of a SAS input statement (variable name,
starting column, length, informat)  which will read N2RS1221.TXT.   To
run this input statement in SAS you must add the word INPUT to the top
line and a semicolon to the bottom line.  This statement can be modified
to input the data into any statistical or econometric software package.


\NEWWS\PUF\2YEAR\SURVEY\MEANS\N2RSMEAN.TXT

SAS PROC MEANS output contains the following information for all
variables:

N,Nmiss, Mean, Std Dev, Minimum, Maximum


\NEWWS\PUF\2YEAR\SURVEY\LABELS\N2RSLAB.TXT

SAS variable label statements for each variable of the data file.
Labels can be modified to conform to syntax rules of any statistical or
econometric software package.

\NEWWS\PUF\2YEAR\SURVEY\TABLES

   \SAMTBL1.TXT:   Displays sample sizes for full impact sample, 2-year
                   Client Survey respondents, 2-year Child Outcomes
                   Study survey respondents, Private Opinion Survey
                   respondents, and sample members who completed
                   literacy and math tests at baseline.  The table also
                   shows random assignment dates.


   \CCARTBL1.TXT   These annotated tables display key outcomes of use and cost
   \CCARTBL2.TXT   of child care for employment.
   \CCARTBL3.TXT
   \CCARTBL4.TXT
   \CCARTBL5.TXT
   \CCARTBL6.TXT

   \CHLDTBL1.TXT   This annotated table displays child outcomes.

   \DEGRTBL1.TXT   This annotated table displays key outcomes of degree receipt.

   \HCOMTBL1.TXT   This annotated table displays key outcomes of household
                   composition.

   \NCSHTBL1.TXT   These annotated tables display key outcomes of medical
   \NCSHTBL2.TXT   coverage and non-cash benefits.
   \NCSHTBL3.TXT
   \NCSHTBL4.TXT
   \NCSHTBL5.TXT

   \PARTTBL1.TXT   These annotated tables display key outcomes of participation
   \PARTTBL2.TXT   in employment-related services, attitudes toward work and
   \PARTTBL3.TXT   welfare, and sanctions.

   \SEMPTBL1.TXT   These annotated tables display key outcomes of employment.
   \SEMPTBL2.TXT
   \SEMPTBL3.TXT
   \SEMPTLB4.TXT

   \SINCTBL1.TXT   These annotated tables display key outcomes of respondent
   \SINCTBL2.TXT   and household income.
   \SINCTBL3.TXT


\NEWWS\PUF\2YEAR\SURVEY\MEMOS


   \S2SAMPLE.TXT:  Background information on sample selection,
                   response rates, and weighting

   \SVARMEMO.TXT:  Background information on how outcome measures were
                   created from survey data.

   \SIMPMEMO.TXT:  Background information on estimating program impacts
                   with survey data.



