Download Subsets

You can download a subset of variables within a study file. You also can recode a subset of variables and download the recoded subset, if you choose.

To download a subset of variables:

1. In the Data File page, click the Download Subset tab.
2. Click the radio button for the appropriate File Format in which to download the variables: Text, R Data, S plus, or Stata.
3. On the right side of the tab, use the Show drop-down list to select the quantities of variables to list at one time: All, 50, 20, or 10.
4. Scroll down the screen and click the check boxes to select variables from the table of available values. When you select a variable, it is added to the Selected Variables box at the top of the tab.
   To remove a variable from this box, deselect it from the Variable Type list at the bottom of the screen.
   To select all variables, click the check box beside the column name, Variable Type.
5. Click the Download button. If prompted, check the I accept box and then click the Continue button to accept the Terms of Use. Then, click Download again.
6. Follow your browser's prompt to open or save the data file to your computer's disk drive.