Stata silc_db_locate

. silc_db_locate time src db [idir]

Arguments

• time : a single selected year of interest;
• src : string defining the source location where to look for bulk database; this can be any of the following strings:
  • raw so that the path of the search directory is set to the RAW data,
  • bdb, ibid with the value of BDB location,
  • pdb, ibid with the value of PDB location,
  • udb, ibid with the value of UDB location;
• db : database to retrieve; it can be any of the following character values:
  • D for household register/D file,
  • H for household/H file,
  • P for personal register/P file,
  • R for register/R file, so as to represent the corresponding bulk databases;
• idir : (option)

Return

In rclass object db, i.e. "`r(db)'" the path to the bulk dataset.

Example

Running for instance:

. silc_db_locate 2016 bdb p test
. use "`r(db)'", clear

will load: test\bdb_c16p.dta.

See also

SAS implementation.