Datasets in this directory are extracted from the March 1995
         Current Population Survey, and describe persons, classical
         families, families, and households.  The table below lists
         the datasets and their documentation files.  For an overview,
         see data.doc.  The next documentation file to read might be
         pers95.doc.

         Data files whose names have a "95p", like pers95p.dat, are
         available on diskette from W.W. Norton.  These files contain
         data for persons, families, and households in the "Pacific
         Division", that is, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska,
         and Hawaii.


            Data File        Documentation        Brief Description
           -------------------------------------------------------------

           ON THE WEB (ftp://ftp.stat.berkeley.edu/pub/datasets)
             pers95n.dat      pers95.doc        Persons in the Northeast
             pers95m.dat      pers95.doc        Persons in the Midwest
             pers95s.dat      pers95.doc        Persons in the South
             pers95w.dat      pers95.doc        Persons in the West
             clas95.dat       clas95.doc        Husband-wife families
             fam95.dat        fam95.doc         All families
             house95.dat      house95.doc       Households

           ON DISKETTE-- THE PACIFIC DIVISION (DOS FORMAT, COMPRESSED)
             pers95p.dat      pers95.doc        Persons
             clas95p.dat      clas95.doc        Husband-wife families
             fam95p.dat       fam95.doc         All families
             house95p.dat     house95.doc       Households
           --------------------------------------------------------------

         The files on the Web are quite large.  For instance,
         fam95.dat is about 6 megabytes.  They are available in a
         compressed "zip" format:  fam95.zip is about 1.6 megabytes.
         You can get these files using a Web browser-- very slow-- or
         by anonymous ftp.

         For instance, point a Web browser at the Berkeley Statistics
         Department home page:

              http://www.stat.berkeley.edu

         Then click on "Anonymous FTP."  Or, start with

              ftp://ftp.stat.berkeley.edu/pub/datasets

         For a primer on UNIX ftp, see below.

         Questions or comments?  Send e-mail to

              datasets@stat.berkeley.edu

         (This address will be supported at least through June, 1998.)


         APPLICATION NOTES:

         (i) The ".zip" files can be uncompressed using the
         DOS/WINDOWS utility "pkunzip" or the UNIX utility "unzip".

         (ii) Files are ASCII text, with one line per record (fields
         are fixed width, separated by blanks).  However, they are in
         DOS format:  each line ends with a carriage-return and
         line-feed; files end with control-Z.  If you want to use
         these files under UNIX, convert them using the dos2unix
         utility; otherwise, your software may complain.

         (iii) Read data.doc.


         A PRIMER ON UNIX FTP

         At the UNIX prompt, issue the command "ftp".  The ftp prompt
         is a greater-than sign.  At the prompt, say

              open ftp.stat.berkeley.edu

         and hit return.  You will get a "Connected to ... " message,
         and the machine asks for your name, something like this:

              220 oz.Berkeley.EDU FTP server Name
              (ftp.stat.berkeley.edu:xxxxxx):

         For present purposes, your name is "anonymous".  Type
         that in, and hit return.  You will then be asked for
         your password.  Type in your email address, and hit return.
         Login is now complete.  You can "cd" to pub/datasets, and
         get a list of files with "ls".  If you want to transfer zip
         files, issue the command "binary" and then, for instance,
         "get pers95n.zip".  If you type a question mark, ftp lists
         its commands.  You get out with "quit", or in extreme cases
         with control-].  (Hold down the control key, and type a
         closing square bracket.)