4159.0.55.002 - General Social Survey: User Guide, Australia, 2010  
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BASIC GSS CURF

Basic GSS CURF files

The basic CURF is available either on CD-ROM or through the RADL, in several different formats (SAS, SPSS, STATA). The 2010 GSS basic CURF also includes an ‘episodic’ data file for users to examine Difficulty Accessing Service Providers.

The names of the basic CURF files are listed below:

  • GSS10BP.SAS7BDAT- the 2010 GSS basic CURF file in SAS for Windows format.
  • GSS10BSD.SAS7BDAT- the 2010 GSS basic CURF episodic file in SAS for Windows format (Difficulty Accessing Service Providers).
  • FORMATS.SAS7BDAT - the format file which provides labels for associated codes in the SAS version of the 2010 GSS basic CURF.
  • GSS10BP.SAV - the 2010 GSS basic CURF file in SPSS format.
  • GSS10BSD.SAV - the 2010 GSS basic CURF episodic file in SPSS format (Difficulty Accessing Service Providers).
  • GSS10BP.DTA - the 2010 GSS basic CURF file in STATA format.
  • GSS10BSD.DTA - the 2010 GSS basic CURF episodic file in STATA format (Difficulty Accessing Service Providers).


Basic CURF files only available for CD-ROM users

These files contain the confidentialised survey data in a comma separated file (CSV) format:
  • GSS10BP.CSV - the 2010 GSS basic CURF file in CSV format.
  • GSS10BSD.CSV - the 2010 GSS basic CURF episodic file in CSV format (Difficulty Accessing Service Providers).
  • GSS2010B.SAS - This SAS program can be used to translate data from the CSV format to SAS. It also creates the formats library and attributes the formats to relevant variables. This file is for use with other analysis packages and describes the CSV file data. Relevant changes will need to be made to reflect the load statement for your analysis package.


Information files

4159.0.55.002 GSS 2010 CURF Data items.XLS - Lists the data items included on the CURFs, including details of categories and code values for each data item. This is in an Excel spreadsheet format.

FREQUENCIES_GSS10_BASIC_CURF_PERSON_LEVEL_WEIGHTED.TXT - Contains documentation relating to the 2010 GSS basic CURF file. Data item code values and category labels are provided with weighted person frequencies of each code value. The file is in plain text format.

FREQUENCIES_GSS10_BASIC_CURF_PERSON_LEVEL_UNWEIGHTED.TXT - Contains documentation relating to the 2010 GSS basic CURF file. Data item code values and category labels are provided with unweighted person frequencies of each code value. The file is in plain text format.

FREQUENCIES_GSS10_BASIC_CURF_SERVDIFF_LEVEL_UNWEIGHTED.TXT Contains documentation relating to the episodic file for Difficulty Accessing Service Providers on the 2010 GSS basic CURF file. Data item code values and category labels are provided with unweighted frequencies of each code value. The file is in plain text format.

4159055002_2010.PDF - is an acrobat file that contains this User Guide.

41590_2010.PDF- is an acrobat file that contains the textual components of the Summary Results publication for the 2010 GSS Survey. Tables can be accessed via the ABS web site as datacubes from the downloads tab of cat.no.4159.0.

Responsible access to CURFs.PDF - is an acrobat file that explains CURF users’ roles and obligations when using confidentialised data.







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