DESCRIPTION OF FILES ON THE NEWWS FIVE-YEAR FULL IMPACT SAMPLE PUBLIC USE FILE CD #1 The Full Impact Sample data file and documentation include: NOTE: All files are in ASCII. F5PCOVER.TXT provides an introduction to the data and documentation on this CD and offers suggestions on how to use the files. F5README.TXT [this file] describes the files stored on this CD. NPBCOVER.TXT provides a general introduction to the data and documentation of the 6-CD set and offers suggestions on how to use the files. N5PI1809.TXT This is the ASCII data file with: UI earnings, welfare payments, Food Stamps, combined income, and sample flags for all sample members (N=44,569). Each sample member has 5 records of data. The file is sorted by each sample member's randomly generated IDNUMBER and record number. N5PI_CBK.TXT This file contains the data codebook, a comprehensive description of N5PI1809.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. N5PIIPUT.TXT This file contains the body of a SAS input statement (variable name, starting column, length, informat) which will read N5PI1809.TXT. To run this input statement in SAS you must add the words 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. N5PIMEAN.TXT SAS PROC MEANS output contains the following information for all variables by site: N,Nmiss, Mean, Std Dev, Minimum, Maximum N5PILABL.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. TWO-YEAR \SAM2TBL1.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. \AR2_TBL1.TXT: These are annotated impact tables of key outcomes calculated \AR2_TBL2.TXT: with administrative data. Variable names are listed on \AR2_TBL3.TXT: the right side of the tables. \AR2_TBL4.TXT: \DEM2TBL1.TXT: Annotated table that displays background characteristics of sample members. Variable names are listed on the left side. FIVEYEAR Outcome Table Number \SMP5TBL1.TXT Displays sample sizes for keys subsamples. Variable names are included in table headers. Earnings \AR5TBL1.TXT These are annotated impact tables of key outcomes Earnings \AR5TBL2.TXT calculated with administrative data. Variable Earnings \AR5TBL3.TXT names are listed on the right side of the tables. Earnings \AR5TBL4.TXT Earnings \AR5TBL5.TXT Earnings \AR5TBL6.TXT Earnings \AR5TBL7.TXT Welfare \AR5TBL8.TXT Welfare \AR5TBL9.TXT Welfare \AR5TBL10.TXT Welfare \AR5TBL11.TXT Food Stamps \AR5TBL12.TXT Food Stamps \AR5TBL13.TXT Food Stamps \AR5TBL14.TXT Income \AR5TBL15.TXT Income \AR5TBL16.TXT Income \AR5TBL17.TXT Income \AR5TBL18.TXT Income \AR5TBL19.TXT \DEMOTBL1.TXT: Annotated table that displays background characteristics of sample members. Variable names are listed on the the left side. MEMOS \RES_MEMO.TXT: Background information on the research design for the NEWWS Evaluation, the research groups in each site, and the random assignment design. \N5PIVARS.TXT: Background information on administrative records source data and additional outcome measures created from administrative data. \IMP_MEMO.TXT: Background information on estimating program impacts. \N5PITEST.TXT: Background information on literacy and math tests that were administered at study entry.