7.2.1 Generating the file: SPSS syntax
** 1) Read from a plain text file which lists every title-by-status permutation (including missing).
data list file="alltitlebystatunitnumbs.dat" free / occbst.
variable label occbst "Title-by-status".
** 2) Derive title, status, and subgroup units .
compute occ=trunc(occbst/10).
compute empst=occbst - (10*(trunc(occbst/10))).
variable label occ "Occupational title".
variable label empst "Employment Status".
compute o1gp1=trunc(occ/1000).
compute o1gp2=trunc(occ/100).
compute o1gp3=trunc(occ/10).
compute o1gp1st=trunc(occ/1000).
compute o1gp2st=trunc(occ/100).
compute o1gp3st=trunc(occ/10).
variable label o1gp1 "Occupational major group".
variable label o1gp2 "Occupational sub-major group".
variable label o1gp3 "Occupational minor group".
variable label o1gp1st "Occupational major group-by-status".
variable label o1gp2st "Occupational sub-major group-by-status".
variable label o1gp3st "Occupational minor group-by-status".
** 3) Add value labels .
include file="versionlabels.sps".
occlab occ={occ}.
stlab occ={empst}.
bstlab occ={occbst}.
majlab occ={o1gp}.
*etc.
sav out="indexbase.sav".