Date:         Fri, 7 Jul 2006 19:55:52 +0200
Reply-To:     WIELKI Andre <wielki@INED.FR>
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From:         WIELKI Andre <wielki@INED.FR>
Subject:      Re: Making SPSS or SATA data files SAS compatible
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in 9.1.3 sp4  or sp3 under windows
proc import datafile="d:\survey.dta" dbms=dta out=work.surv;run;

or

proc import datafile="d:\survey.sav" dbms=sav out=work.surv;run;

HTH
Andre



Quoting Matt <mshall2@GMAIL.COM>:

> Chuck:
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/STAT/SAS/faq/stata2sas.htm
>
> Also, Stat-Transfer is a handy piece of software that you should add to
> your toolbox.
>
> Matt
>
> Chuck wrote:
>> I'm trying to analyze the World Values Survey data using SAS.
>>
>> Unfortunately, files are offered in three formats only:
>> SAV are SPSS Windows files,
>> POR which are SPSS portable files and
>> STATA which are STATA files.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how to transform any of this stuff into a SAS
>> campatible format?
>> Or even  convert to DOS?
>>
>> Would really appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> Chuck
>