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  • Howe to read the data of Survey of Consumer Finances in 2019 *with STATA/SE10

    Hi STATA community
    I encounter a difficulty while I am trying to read the data of Survey of Consumer Finances in 2019 with STATA/SE10. I used the command
    -use- to read the dataset p19i6.dta, STATA responded the message:
    'THIS IS NOT STATA FORMATE DATA'
    However, I could read sucessfully the SCF data in 2013 and 2007 with the same command.
    Could you kindly guide me how to solve the problem.

    Thank you a lot in advance
    Ching-yo Lai

  • #2
    I think this error message means that the data was produced by Stata which is more recent version of the Stata you have.

    The solution is either getting a new Stata, or asking the data provider to send you the data in the old Stata format.

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    • #3
      A csv version of the SCF is available at https://taxsim.nber.org/to-taxsim/scf27-32/ which -insheet- should be able to read if you have Stata SE.

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