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* Created by: Alison Goode                                                     *
* Updated by: Nicole Watson & Markus Hahn                                      *
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* Purpose of the progam:										               *
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* Merge wave 1 household, enumerating person and responding person files.      *
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clear
set memory 1g
// Specify directories (use "." to point to current directory)
local origdatadir "C:\orig-data"    // Location of original HILDA data files
local newdatadir  "C:\new-data"     // Location to which to write new data files
// Open enumerated person file
use "`origdatadir'\Eperson_a140c"
// Merge responding person file with enumerated person file
merge 1:1 ahhrpid using "`origdatadir'\Rperson_a140c", nogen
// Merge household file with enumerated & responding person file
merge m:1 ahhrhid using "`origdatadir'\Household_a140c", nogen
// Save new data set
save "`newdatadir'\combined-2001", replace