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Survey of Consumer Payment Choice User’s
Guide
Contents
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1 Introduction
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2 SCPC variable overview
2.1 Survey variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1.1 Respondent identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1.2 Survey weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Created variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.1 Payment instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.2 Transaction types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.3 Assessment of payment characteristics . . . . .
2.2.4 Payment adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.5 Payment use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.6 Variables defined conditional on adoption . . . .
2.2.7 Flags for variables that were cleaned for outliers
3 SCPC Variable Database.xlsx
3.1 Searching the database . . . . . . .
3.2 Variable name . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.3 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.4 2009 − 2012 (variable history) . . .
3.5 Last change (survey variables only)
3.6 Variable type . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.7 Variable filter conditions . . . . . .
4 Adoption variable definitions
4.1 deposit acnt adopt . . . . .
4.2 bnk acnt adopt . . . . . . .
4.3 chk acnt adopt . . . . . . .
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chk overdraft adopt . .
sav or mm acnt adopt
sav acnt adopt . . . .
mm acnt adopt . . . .
mm acnt chk adopt . .
paypal acnt adopt . . .
amazonpayment adopt
googlecheckout adopt .
googlewallet adopt . .
paypal adopt . . . . .
otheronlineacnt adopt
svc 12cat acnt adopt .
svc acnt adopt . . . . .
svc 4cat acnt adopt . .
atmordc adopt . . . .
atm adopt . . . . . . .
dc adopt . . . . . . . .
tb adopt . . . . . . . .
ob adopt . . . . . . . .
mb adopt . . . . . . .
mb app adopt . . . . .
mb usedmb t y . . . .
mb chkbalance t y . .
mb billpay t y . . . . .
mb text t y . . . . . .
mb p2p t y . . . . . .
tablet adopt . . . . . .
cell adopt . . . . . . .
smartphone adopt . . .
paper adopt . . . . . .
csh adopt . . . . . . .
chk adopt . . . . . . .
chk alt adopt . . . . .
mon adopt . . . . . . .
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cc only adopt . . . .
cc charge adopt . . .
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elect adopt . . . . . .
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income adopt . . . .
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svc direxp adopt . .
svc other gov adopt .
svc payroll adopt . .
svc incentive adopt .
svc benefit adopt . .
svc gpp adopt . . . .
svc remittance adopt
svc rebate adopt . .
svc gift adopt . . . .
svc transit adopt . .
svc phonecard adopt
svc location adopt .
svc gov adopt . . . .
svc emp adopt . . . .
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1
Introduction
One of the major goals of the Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC) is to provide
a publicly available, consumer-level longitudinal dataset to support research on consumer
payments and to provide aggregate data on trends in U.S. consumer payments.
The public datasets for the 2011 and 2012 SCPC are available for download on the Consumer
Payments Research Center (CPRC) website at http://www.bostonfed.org/economic/cprc/
scpc/index.htm. The data are provided in SAS, Stata, and CSV formats. The CPRC assumes that data users are familiar with a statistical analysis software package such as SAS,
Stata, or R. The CPRC does not provide any software assistance.
This document is a data user’s guide for the SCPC, and anyone interested in conducting
research based on SCPC data will find it helpful to become familiar with this document.
This document is composed of three sections, which:
• provide an overview of data variables and variable name mnemonics.
• describe how to use the SCPC Variable Database file.
• define the evolution of adoption variable definitions in the SCPC across years.
A broad overview of the 2011 − 2012 SCPC, including a summary of the survey and tables
of survey results, can be found in the The 2011 and 2012 Surveys of Consumer Payment
Choice. Details about data collection and data processing are found in The 2011 − 2012
Survey of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix.
All questions regarding the use of the data can be directed to:
Kevin Foster
Survey Methodologist
Consumer Payment Research Center
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
(617) 973-3955
kevin.foster@bos.frb.org
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SCPC variable overview
There are three broad categories of SCPC variables. Below we provide general information
about each.
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My Household Questionnaire variables represent a small fraction of variables that
come from the RAND American Life Panel (ALP) My Household Questionnaire (MHQ).
The MHQ is used to gather demographic data about each respondent. ALP members take
the MHQ quarterly, and their most recent responses to the MHQ are included in these SCPC
datasets.
Survey variables are the actual results from the SCPC survey questions. Survey variables
have variable names such as pa001 a or pu004 b. To see the exact question text, respondent
instructions, response option wording, and structure of the questions on the screen, it is recommended to search the survey questionnaires themselves (available on the SCPC website).
Two important considerations of the survey variables are:
• Randomization of question orders: To avoid potential biases arising from the order of
response options presented to respondents, the survey instrument randomizes response
options for some questions. The questionnaire clearly indicates if response options were
randomized. The unrandomized variables have the same variable names as the original
survey variables. The raw data from the unrandomized variables and the SAS macros
that unrandomize the responses will be made available upon request.
• Responses for different time frequencies: Respondents are given the option of reporting payment use and cash management in terms of a typical week, month, or year.
This dataset includes variables where responses have been standardized to a monthly
frequency, in addition to the original responses for the weekly, monthly or yearly rates.
The frequency converted variables have the same name as the original responses, but
without a numeric suffix. For instance, the variable pu006a a refers to the number of
cash payments for retail goods in a typical month, after frequency conversion. The set
of three original variables that produce pu006a a are pu006a a1 (respondent used the
weekly box to report these transactions), pu006a a2 (monthly) and pu006a a3 (yearly).
The SAS macros for the frequency conversions can be made available upon request.
Created variables are created by the CPRC to populate the SCPC results tables and to
aid in data analysis. Most of these variables have descriptive names based on a combination
of mnemonics. For example, the variable cc typ consists of two mnemonics: cc stands for
“credit card”, and typ stands for “number of transactions in a typical month”. More insight
into variable name mnemonics is provided in Section 2.2. Data users can search the Variable
Information Database to find a description of any variable in the dataset.
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2.1
2.1.1
Survey variables
Respondent identifier
prim key
Unique respondent identifier
The variable prim key is of the form xyyzzzz:n or xxyyzzzz:n (for 2010 onward), where x or
xx is year (9 for 2009, 10 for 2010, e.g.), yy is month (08 for August, e.g.), and zzzz is a
household identifier within that year/month. xyyzzzz and xxyyzzzz are the unique household
identifier. The number to the right of the colon is the member id (1, 2, ..., n) for a panel
member inside a household. It is assigned in the order that the respondent entered the
survey; panel members with member id equal to 1 are the panelist that was contacted and
recruited to join the ALP. Those with member id numbers of 2 or greater are household
members of the original recruits. The prim key for an ALP member is the same across all
RAND ALP surveys. This allows data users to merge other RAND ALP survey datasets
onto the SCPC dataset.
2.1.2
Survey weight
r weight
Individual-level post-stratification weights - from a raking procedure
For information about how the survey weights are calculated, please see the 2011-12 SCPC
Technical Appendix.
2.2
Created variables
Most created variable names are a combination of 2 or more mnemonics, combined using
underscores. Typically, the first mnemonic refers to payment instrument, type of account,
or a method of payment. The second or last mnemonic often indicates the concept being
communicated, such as its characteristic, adoption, or typical use. This section describes the
most common mnemonics. While this document is useful for learning the meanings of the
various mnemonics used by the CPRC when naming created variables, it is recommended
that the data user look up variable names directly using the Excel document 2012 SCPC
Variable Information Database.xlsx.
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2.2.1
Payment instruments
csh
Cash
chk
Check
dc
Debit card
cc
Credit card
svc
Stored-value card/prepaid card
banp
Bank account number payment
obbp
Online banking bill payment
mon
Money order
tc
income
Travelers check
Direct deduction from income (used in automatic bill payments only)
Payment instruments are grouped as follows:
2.2.2
paper
Cash, check, money order, travelers checks
card
Credit cards, debit cards, prepaid cards
elect
Bank account number payments, online banking bill payments
pi
All payment instruments
Transaction types
abp
Automatic bill payment
obp
Online bill payment
ipbp
In-person bill payment (or via mail)
op
Online (non-bill) payments
rp
Retail payments (made in-person)
serv
Services and other payments (in-person)
p2p
Person-to-person payment
Transaction types are grouped as follows:
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2.2.4
op
Online (non-bill) payments
posp2p
All in-person (non-bill) payments, i.e. sum of rp, serv and p2p
security
Security
setup
Getting and setting up
acceptance
Acceptance for payment
cost
Cost
records
Payment records
convenience
Convenience
Payment adoption
ever
Respondent is currently an adopter (Y/N)
Respondent was an adopter in the past but does not currently have or own
the item in question (Y/N)
discard
2.2.5
Bill payment i.e. sum of abp, obp, ipbp
Assessment of payment characteristics
adopt
num
bp
Respondent was an adopter, not anymore (Y/N)
Number of payment instruments (equals 0 for non-adopters)
Payment use
For each payment instrument and seven transaction types, respondents are asked to report
their payment use behavior - how frequently they use a payment instrument for a specific
transaction type. Therefore, at the most disaggregated level, a payment use variable name
consists of three mnemonic components: the payment instrument (Section 2.2.1), followed
by the transaction type (Section 2.2.2), and ending with a suffix that indicates the type of
payment use information (incidence of use, frequency of use, and share of all transactions
made):
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typ
Number of transactions in a typical month
tm
Respondent makes the corresponding type of payment at least once in a typical
month (Y/N)
ty
Respondent makes the corresponding type of payment at least once in a typical
year (Y/N)
sh
Number of transactions in a typical month, as proportion of all payments
It is important to note that not all combinations of payment instruments and transaction
types exist. This is because they were assumed not to be possible at the time of the survey.
The following table illustrates combinations that do exist in the data and the corresponding
combinations of mnemonic prefixes:
bp
abp
op
obp
ipbp
op
posp2p
rp
serv
p2p
csh rp
csh serv
csh p2p
csh
csh ipbp
chk
chk ipbp
chk op
chk rp
chk serv
chk p2p
mon
mon ipbp
mon op
mon rp
mon serv
mon p2p
tc
tc (not asked by transaction type)
dc
dc abp
dc obp
dc ipbp
dc op
dc rp
dc serv
dc p2p
cc
cc abp
cc obp
cc ipbp
cc op
cc rp
cc serv
cc p2p
svc ipbp
svc op
svc rp
svc serv
svc
obbp
obbp abp
obbp obp
banp
banp abp
banp obp
income
income abp
obbp p2p
banp op
banp p2p
The variable tot pay typ is defined for each respondent as the sum of all payments made
in a typical month. The share variables “ sh” express the original “typ” variable as a
proportion of tot pay typ for that respondent. The tables in the 2011 − 2012 SCPC results
paper describing payment shares are not computed using these individually defined variables.
Instead, each share denotes the total number of transactions falling under that category as a
proportion of all reported transactions, aggregated over all respondents. This differs slightly
from taking means of the sh variables defined in this document: it weights respondents
who have a large number of transactions more heavily than respondents who have a smaller
number of transactions.
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2.2.6
Variables defined conditional on adoption
Some tables in the 2011 − 2012 SCPC results paper include statistics that are calculated
conditional on the adoption of a bank account, a certain payment instrument, or other
payment technology. Separate variables were created to facilitate this calculation for the
tables; these variables either end with the suffix “ adoptonly” or contain the term “oadopt”,
indicating the conditional coding of the underlying variable. Such variables contain missing
values (rather than zeros) for non-adopters of the respective account/instrument/technology.
2.2.7
Flags for variables that were cleaned for outliers
The SCPC has many continuous variables. These variables come from survey questions
where the respondent is allowed to enter a number into a box. For instance, we ask the
respondent to tell us how many credit card payments they make for retail goods in a typical
week, month, or year. Continuous variables in the SCPC are cleaned for outliers and edited
based on algorithms described in the 2011 − 2012 SCPC Technical Appendix. To indicate
an edited variable, the prefix “f ” is added to the front of a variable name. A flag value of 0
indicates that the particular observation was not edited. A flag value greater than 0 means
the observation was edited.
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3.1
SCPC Variable Database.xlsx
Searching the database
The SCPC Variable Database contains information on 2371 variables released in the SCPC.
The document contains the following information about each variable, each of which represents a column in the SCPC Variable Database document:
Variable name
Description
(2009 - 2012) (variable history)
Last change (survey variables only)
Variable type
Filter conditions
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To search a specific variable, click the down arrow on the Variable Name category, and enter
the variable name in the Search box. The recommended method of searching a specific
keyword is to filter the description category, entering the string: < keyword > + < space >
+ < hyphen > in the search box. This stops the filter from including unrelated variables
with the same string within. For example, filtering by “cc” in the Variable Name category
will include any variable with the word “acceptance”, which will not happen when filtering
by “cc -” in the description category.
3.2
Variable name
The name of each variable as it appears in released datasets. Created variable names are
based on the set of keywords described in the Section 2.1
3.3
Description
My Household Questionnaire variables are described by the question text used to
prompt the respondent to input a value for the variable. Descriptions written in this way
are surrounded by quotation marks.
Example:
borninus ‘Were you born in the United States?”
Survey variables are described by the question text used to prompt the respondent to
input a value for the variable. Descriptions written in this way are surrounded by quotation
marks.
Example:
as004 a “How do you rate the security of the following means of making a payment?
In person”
Note that the description does not indicate the format of the question. In this example, the
respondent was prompted with the question: “How do you rate the security of the following
means of making a payment?” A table displayed several means of making a payment,
including “In person.” The format of the question can be found in The 2012 Survey of
Consumer Payment Choices.
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Created variables are described by combining the descriptions of the keywords used in the
variables name. Descriptions written in this way are indicated by semi-colons following each
keyword description.
Example:
mon ipbp typ
mon - Money order; ipbp - In-person bill payment (or via mail); typ - Number
of transactions in a typical month;
Here, the three separate descriptions indicate that the variable measures the number of bills
paid in person or via mail using a money order in a typical month.
3.4
2009 − 2012 (variable history)
A value of 1 in a given year indicates that the variable was measured in the SCPC of that
year, while a value of 0 indicates that the variable was not measured in that year.
Note that filtering by 1 in one these categories does not return all variables used in that year
of the SCPC but rather returns all variables from the 2012 survey that were also used in that
years survey. Note also that existence of a variable over multiple years does not necessarily
indicate that a variable can be accurately compared over time. Section ?? provides the yearly
definitions of some created variables from 2009 − 2012, indicating changes in the definitions
of these variables.
3.5
Last change (survey variables only)
This applies only to survey variables and indicates the most recent year in which the question
text or format, including any instructions or examples, was changed in the survey.
3.6
Variable type
“Created” indicates that the variable is dependent on the value of one or more raw variables.
Such variables are not reported directly by respondents, but are generated by the CPRC.
“Survey Continuous” indicates that the variable holds value directly input by the respondent,
and that the input was a value typed in by the respondent. This includes, for example,
variables related to frequencies or percentage shares. “Survey Categorical” indicates that
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the variable holds value directly input by the survey taker, and that the respondent was
presented with a series of options as potential answers.
3.7
Variable filter conditions
The conditions required during the survey for a survey taker to be prompted to input a value
for each raw variable. “None” indicates that every survey taker was prompted to input a
value for the variable.
Example:
pu002 a 1. abp adopter = 1; 2. dc adopter = 1;
Here, in order for a survey taker to be prompted to enter a value for pu002 a, their previous
responses in the survey must have set the value of abp adopter to 1 and dc adopter to 1.
Note that filter conditions apply only to filter conditions used during the survey. Created
variables are given a value of “N/A”.
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Adoption variable definitions
Adoption is defined differently for different concepts in the SCPC, depending on different
combinations of ownership and frequency of use of various payment instruments or appliances. As the SCPC has evolved so have the definitions of adoptions. This section details
the exact definitions used for all variables measuring adoption. This list is such that each
variable is either defined in terms of other variables in the list or in terms of the original
survey variables. All variable names used in these definitions are italicized in blue text, and
all variable values are written in red text.
It should be noted that for certain variables, the definition with respect to other variables
might not change, but the the definition of the underlying variables might change. For
example, mb chkbalance t y has the same definition from 2011 - 2013, but it is defined
in part by mb adopt, which changes from 2012 to 2013. In addition, changes to question
formats of the survey variables are not considered in the definitions below.
Some variables relating to prepaid card adoption in 2011 depend on the survey question
version assigned to each respondent. As such, definitions depend on whether the survey
version was the “4-category” version of the “12-category” version (details of each can be
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SCPC website).
4.1
deposit acnt adopt
2011, 2012
if at least one of {bnk acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt, svc acnt adopt } is 1, then deposit acnt adopt
is 1
else if none of {bnk acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt, svc acnt adopt } is 1, and any of them
are missing, then deposit acnt adopt is missing
2010
if at least one of {bnk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt, svc acnt adopt } is 1,
then deposit acnt adopt is 1
else if none of {bnk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt, svc acnt adopt } is 1,
and any of them are missing, then deposit acnt adopt is missing
2009
if at least one of {bnk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt } is 1, then deposit acnt adopt
is 1
else if none of {bnk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt } is 1, and any of them
are missing, then deposit acnt adopt is missing
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bnk acnt adopt
2011, 2012
if at least one of {sav acnt adopt, chk acnt adopt } is 1, then bnk acnt adopt is 1
else if none of {sav acnt adopt, chk acnt adopt } is 1, and any of them are missing, then
bnk acnt adopt is missing
2009, 2010
if at least one of {sav acnt adopt, chk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt } is 1, then bnk acnt adopt
is 1
else if none of {sav acnt adopt, chk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt } is 1, and any of them are
missing, then bnk acnt adopt is missing
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chk acnt adopt
2011, 2012
if pa001 a is greater than 0, then chk acnt adopt is 1
else if pa001 a is 0, then chk acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 a is missing and pa001 b is greater than or equal to 0, then chk acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 a is missing and pa003 is 2, then chk acnt adopt is 0
2009, 2010
if pa001 a is greater than 0, then chk acnt adopt is 1
else if pa001 a is 0, then chk acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 a is missing and at least one of {pa001 b, pa001 c, pa001 d } is greater than or
equal to 0, then chk acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 a is missing and pa003 is 2, then chk acnt adopt is 0
if at least one of {sav acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt} is greater than or
equal to 0 and chk acnt adopt is missing, then chk acnt adopt is 0
4.4
chk acnt interest adopt
2011, 2012
if pa004 is in the range [2, 14], then chk acnt interest adopt is 1
else if pa004 is 1, then chk acnt interest adopt is 0
else if pa004 is 15, then chk acnt interest adopt is missing
2009, 2010
if pa004 is in the range [2, 10], thenchk acnt interest adopt is 1
else if pa004 is 1, then chk acnt interest adopt is 0
else if pa004 is 15, then chk acnt interest adopt is missing
4.5
chk overdraft adopt
2011, 2012
if chk acnt adopt is 0, then chk overdraft adopt is 0
else if pa005 is 1, then chk overdraft adopt is 1
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else if pa005 is 2, then chk overdraft adopt is 0
else if pa005 is 3, then chk overdraft adopt is missing
else chk overdraft adopt is missing
2009, 2010
if pa005 is 1, then chk overdraft adopt is 1
else if pa005 is 2, then chk overdraft adopt is 0
else if pa005 is 3, then chk overdraft adopt is missing
else chk overdraft adopt is missing
4.6
sav or mm acnt adopt
2009, 2010
if at least one of {sav acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt } is 1, then sav or mm acnt adopt is 1
else sav or mm acnt adopt is 0
4.7
sav acnt adopt
2011, 2012
if pa001 b is greater than 0, then sav acnt adopt is 1
else if pa001 b is 0, then sav acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 b is missing and pa001 a is greater than or equal to 0, then sav acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 b is missing and newsav is 2, then sav acnt adopt is 0
2009, 2010
if pa001 b is greater than 0, then sav acnt adopt is 1
else if pa001 b is 0, then sav acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 b is missing and at least one of {pa001 a, pa001 c, pa001 d} is greater than or
equal to 0, then sav acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 b is missing and newsav is 2, then sav acnt adopt is 0
if at least one of {chk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt} is greater than or
equal to 0 and sav acnt adopt is missing, then sav acnt adopt is 0
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4.8
mm acnt adopt
2009, 2010
if pa001 c is greater than 0, then mm acnt adopt is 1
else if pa001 c is 0, then mm acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 c is missing and at least one of {pa001 a, pa001 b, pa001 d} is greater than or
equal to 0, then mm acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 c is missing and pa030 is 2, then mm acnt adopt is 0
if at least one of {chk acnt adopt, sav acnt adopt, paypal acnt adopt} is greater than or equal
to 0 and mm acnt adopt is missing, then mm acnt adopt is 0
4.9
mm acnt chk adopt
2009, 2010
if pa047 is 1, then mm acnt chk adopt is 1
else if pa047 is 2, then mm acnt chk adopt is 0
else if mm acnt adopt is 0, then mm acnt chk adopt is 0
else then mm acnt chk adopt is missing
4.10
paypal acnt adopt
2012
if all of {paypal adopt, googlewallet adopt, amazonpayment adopt, otheronlineacnt adopt}
are missing, then paypal acnt adopt is missing
else if at least one of {paypal adopt, googlewallet adopt, amazonpayment adopt, otheronlineacnt adopt} is 1, then paypal acnt adopt is 1
else if at least one of {paypal adopt, googlewallet adopt, amazonpayment adopt, otheronlineacnt adopt} is 0, then paypal acnt adopt is 0
2011
if all of {paypal adopt, googlecheckout adopt, amazonpayment adopt, otheronlineacnt adopt}
are missing, then paypal acnt adopt is missing
else if at least one of {paypal adopt, googlecheckout adopt, amazonpayment adopt, otheronlineacnt adopt} is 1, then paypal acnt adopt is 1
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else if at least one of {paypal adopt, googlecheckout adopt, amazonpayment adopt, otheronlineacnt adopt} is 0, then paypal acnt adopt is 0
2009, 2010
if pa001 d is greater than 0, then paypal acnt adopt is 1
else if pa001 d is 0, then paypal acnt adopt is 0
else if pa001 d is missing and at least one of {pa001 a, pa001 b, pa001 c} is greater than or
equal to 0, then paypal acnt adopt is 0
if at least one of {chk acnt adopt, mm acnt adopt, sav acnt adopt} is greater than or equal
to 0 and paypal acnt adopt is missing, then paypal acnt adopt is 0
4.11
amazonpayment adopt
2011, 2012
if pa001 d3 is 1, then amazonpayment adopt is 1
else if pa001 d3 is 2, then amazonpayment adopt is 0
else amazonpayment adopt is missing
4.12
googlecheckout adopt
2011
if pa001 d2 is 1, then googlecheckout adopt is 1
else if pa001 d2 is 2, then googlecheckout adopt is 0
else googlecheckout adopt is missing
4.13
googlewallet adopt
2012
if pa001 d2 is 1, then googlewallet adopt is 1
else if pa001 d2 is 2, then googlewallet adopt is 0
else googlewallet adopt is missing
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4.14
paypal adopt
2011, 2012
if pa001 d1 is 1, then paypal adopt is 1
else if pa001 d1 is 2, then paypal adopt is 0
else paypal adopt is missing
4.15
otheronlineacnt adopt
2011, 2012
if pa001 d4 is 1, then paypal adopt is 1
else if pa001 d4 is 2, then paypal adopt is 0
else paypal adopt is missing
4.16
svc 12cat acnt adopt
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if all of {pa197a, pa197b, pa197c, pa197d, pa197e, pa197f, pa197g, pa197h, pa197i,
pa197j, pa197k, pa19l } are missing, then svc 12cat acnt adopt is missing
else if at least one of {pa197a, pa197b, pa197c, pa197d, pa197e, pa197f, pa197g, pa197h,
pa197i, pa197j, pa197k, pa19l } is 1, then svc 12cat acnt adopt is 1
else svc 12cat acnt adopt is 0
if svc 12cat acnt adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc 12cat acnt adopt is 1
4.17
svc acnt adopt
2012
if all of {pa197a, pa197b, pa197c, pa197d, pa197e, pa197f, pa197g, pa197h, pa197i, pa197j,
pa197k, pa197l, pa197m } are missing, then svc acnt adopt is missing
else if at least one of {pa197a, pa197b, pa197c, pa197d, pa197e, pa197f, pa197g, pa197h,
pa197i, pa197j, pa197k, pa197l, pa197m } is equal to 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
else svc acnt adopt is 0
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if svc acnt adopt is missing or 0 and pa027 c is 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
2011
if survey version is 4-category
if all of {pa099a, pa099b, pa099c, pa099d } are missing, then svc acnt adopt are missing
else if at least one of {pa099a, pa099b, pa099c, pa099d } is 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
else svc acnt adopt is 0
if svc acnt adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
if survey version is 12-category
if all of {pa197a, pa197b, pa197c, pa197d, pa197e, pa197f, pa197g, pa197h, pa197i,
pa197j, pa197k, pa19l } are missing, then svc acnt adopt is missing
else if at least one of {pa197a, pa197b, pa197c, pa197d, pa197e, pa197f, pa197g, pa197h,
pa197i, pa197j, pa197k, pa19l } is 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
else svc acnt adopt is 0
if svc acnt adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
2010
if all of {pa099a, pa099b, pa099c, pa099d } is missing, then svc acnt adopt are missing
else if at least one of {pa099a, pa099b, pa099c, pa099d } is 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
else svc acnt adopt is 0
if svc acnt adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc acnt adopt is 1
4.18
svc 4cat acnt adopt
2011
if survey version is 4-category
if all of {pa099a, pa099b, pa099c, pa099d } is missing, then svc 4cat acnt adopt are
missing
else if at least one of {pa099a, pa099b, pa099c, pa099d } is 1, then svc 4cat acnt adopt
is 1
else svc 4cat acnt adopt is 0
if svc acnt adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc 4cat acnt adopt is 1
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4.19
atmordc adopt
2009-2012
if at least one of {atm adopt, dc adopt} is 1, then atmordc adopt is 1
else if all of {atm adopt, dc adopt} are 0, then atmordc adopt is 0
else if at least one of {atm adopt, dc adopt} is missing, then atmordc adopt is missing
4.20
atm adopt
2009-2012
if pa008 b is 0, then atm adopt is 0
else if pa008 b is greater than 0, then atm adopt is 1
else if pa008 b is less then 0 and bnk acnt adopt is 0, then atm adopt is 0
else if pa008 b is less then 0 and pa008 a is greater than or equal to 0, then atm adopt is 0
else if pa008 b is less then 0 and pa009 is 2, then atm adopt is 0
4.21
dc adopt
2009-2012
if pa008 a is greater than 0, then dc adopt is 1
else if pa008 a is missing and pa027 b is 1, thendc adopt is 1
else if pa008 a is 0, then dc adopt is 0
else if pa008 a is missing and bnk acnt adopt is 0, then dc adopt is 0
else if pa008 a is missing and pa008 b is greater than or equal to 0, then dc adopt is 0
else if pa008 a is missing and pa010 is 2, thendc adopt is 0
4.22
tb adopt
2009-2012
if bnk acnt adopt is 1, then tb adopt is 1
else if pa012 is 1 then tb adopt is 1
else if pa012 is 2, then tb adopt is 0
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else tb adopt is missing
if newtb is 2 and pa012 is missing, then tb adopt is 0
4.23
ob adopt
2009-2012
if bnk acnt adopt is 1, then ob adopt is 1
else if pa013 is 1 then ob adopt is 1
else if pa013 is 2, then ob adopt is 0
else ob adopt is missing
4.24
mb adopt
2011, 2012
if all of {mb chkbalance t y, mb billpay t y, mb text t y, mb p2p t y, mb app adopt } are
missing, then mb adopt is missing
else if at least one {mb chkbalance t y, mb billpay t y, mb text t y, mb p2p t y, mb app adopt
} is 1, then mb adopt is 1
else if at least one {mb chkbalance t y, mb billpay t y, mb text t y, mb p2p t y, mb app adopt
} is 0, then mb adopt is 0
if at least one of {cell adopt, bnk acnt adopt } is 0, then mb adopt is 0
2009, 2010
if pa026 is 1, then mb adopt is 1
else if pa026 is 2, then mb adopt is 0
else if at least one of {cell adopt, bnk acnt adopt} is 0, then mb adopt is 0
else mb adopt is missing
4.25
mb app adopt
2011, 2012
if pa026 a is 1, then mb app adopt is 1
else if pa026 a is 2, then mb app adopt is 0
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else if at least one of {cell adopt, bnk acnt adopt} is 0, then mb app adopt is 0
else mb app adopt is missing
if pa028 is 2, then mb app adopt is 0
4.26
mb usedmb t y
2011, 2012
if at least one of {mb chkbalance t y, mb billpay t y, mb text t y, mb p2p t y } is 1, then
mb usedmb t y is 1
else if all of {mb chkbalance t y, mb billpay t y, mb text t y, mb p2p t y } are 0, then mb usedmb t y
is 0
else mb usedmb t y is missing
4.27
mb chkbalance t y
2011, 2012
if pa026 b is 1, then mb chkbalance t y is 1
else if pa026 b is 2, then mb chkbalance t y is 0
else if at least one of {deposit acnt adopt, cell adopt} is 0, then mb chkbalance t y is 0
else mb chkbalance t y is missing
if mb adopt is 0 and mb chkbalance t y is missing, then mb chkbalance t y is 0
4.28
mb billpay t y
2011, 2012
if pa026 c is 1, then mb billpay t y is 1
else if pa026 c is 2, then mb billpay t y is 0
else if at least one of {deposit acnt adopt, cell adopt} is 0, then mb billpay t y is 0
else mb billpay t y is missing
if mb adopt is 0 and mb billpay t y is missing, then mb billpay t y is 0
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4.29
mb text t y
2011, 2012
if pa026 d is 1, then mb text t y is 1
else if pa026 d is 2, then mb text t y is 0
else if at least one of {deposit acnt adopt, cell adopt} is 0, then mb text t y is 0
else mb text t y is missing
if mb adopt is 0 and mb text t y is missing, then mb text t y is 0
4.30
mb p2p t y
2011, 2012
if pa026 e is 1, then mb p2p t y is 1
else if pa026 e is 2, then mb p2p t y is 0
else if at least one of {deposit acnt adopt, cell adopt} is 0, then mb p2p t y is 0
else mb p2p t y is missing
if mb adopt is 0 and mb p2p t y is missing, then mb p2p t y is 0
4.31
tablet adopt
2012
if tablet is 1, then tablet adopt is 1
else if tablet is 2, then tablet adopt is 0
else tablet adopt is missing
4.32
cell adopt
2009-2012
if cellphone is 1, then cell adopt is 1
else if cellphone is 2, then cell adopt is 0
else cell adopt is missing
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4.33
smartphone adopt
2011, 2012
if smartphone is 1, then smartphone adopt is 1
else if smartphone is 2, then smartphone adopt is 0
else if cell adopt is 0, then smartphone adopt is 0
else smartphone adopt is missing
2010
if smartphone d is 1, then smartphone adopt is 1
else if smartphone d is 2, then smartphone adopt is 0
else if cell adopt is 0, then smartphone adopt is 0
else smartphone adopt is missing
4.34
paper adopt
2010, 2011
if all of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} are missing, then paper adopt is missing
else if at least one of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} is 1, then paper adopt is
1
else if at least one of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} is 0, then paper adopt is
0
if paper adopt is 0 and at least one of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} is missing,
then paper adopt is missing
2012
if all of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} are missing, then paper adopt is missing
else if at least one of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} is 1, then paper adopt is
1
else if at least one of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} is 0, then paper adopt is
0
if paper adopt is 0 and at least one of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt, cashierschk adopt, certifiedchk adopt} is missing, then paper adopt is missing
2009
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if at least one of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} is 1, then paper adopt is 1
else if all of {csh adopt, chk adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt} are missing, then paper adopt is
missing
else paper adopt is 0
4.35
csh adopt
2009-2012
if pa050 is 1 or pa015 a is greater than 0 or pa015 b is greater than 0 or (pa017 a is greater
than 0 and pa018 1 is greater than 0) or (pa017 b is greater than 0 and pa018 2 is
greater than 0) or csh typ is greater than 0, then csh adopt is 1
else if all of {pa015 a, pa015 b, pa017 a, pa018 1, pa017 b, pa018 2, csh typ} are 0 and
pa050 is 2, then csh adopt is 0
4.36
chk adopt
2010-2012
let dummychk typ = the sum of {pu004 b, pu005 a, pu006a b, pu006c b, pu021 b}
if all of {dummychk typ, chk blnk adopt, pa035} are missing, then chk adopt is missing
else if dummychk typ is greater than 0 or chk blnk adopt is 1 or pa035 is 1, then chk adopt
is 1
else if dummychk typ is less than or equal to 0 and chk blnk adopt is not equal to 1 and
pa035 is not equal to 1, then chk adopt is 0
2009
let dummychk typ = the sum of {pu004 b, pu005 a, pu006a b, pu006c b, pu021 b}
if dummychk typ is greater than 0 or chk blnk adopt is 1, then chk adopt is 1
else if dummychk typ is 0 or missing and chk blnk adopt is not equal to 1, then chk adopt is
0
else chk adopt is missing
if all of {csh adopt, mon adopt, tc adopt } are missing and chk adopt is not equal to 1, then
chk adopt is missing
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4.37
chk alt adopt
2012
if at least one of {mon adopt, tc adopt, cashierschk adopt, certifiedchk adopt} is 1, then
chk alt adopt is 1
else if all of {mon adopt, tc adopt, cashierschk adopt, certifiedchk adopt} are 0, then chk alt adopt
is 0
else chk alt adopt is missing
2010, 2011
if at least one of {mon adopt, tc adopt} is 1, then chk alt adopt is 1
else if all of {mon adopt, tc adopt} are 0, then chk alt adopt is 0
else chk alt adopt is missing
4.38
mon adopt
2009-2012
if pa040 is 1 or mon t y is greater than 0, then mon adopt is 1
else if pa040 is 2 and mon t y is 0, then mon adopt is 0
else if pa040 is missing and mon t y is missing, then mon adopt is missing
else if pa040 is missing and mon t y is 0, then mon adopt is missing
else if pa040 is 2 and mon t y is missing, then mon adopt is missing
4.39
tc adopt
2012
if pa040 b is 1, then tc adopt is 1
else if pa040 b is 2, then tc adopt is 0
else tc adopt is missing
2011
if pa042 is 1, then tc adopt is 1
else if pa042 is 2, then tc adopt is 0
else tc adopt is missing
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2009, 2010
if pa042 is 1 or tc t y is greater than 0, then tc adopt is 1
else if p042 is 2 and tc t y is not equal to 1, then tc adopt is 0
else tc adopt is missing
4.40
cashierschk adopt
2012
if pa040 c is 1, then cashierschk adopt is 1
else if pa040 c is 2, then cashierschk adopt is 0
else cashierschk adopt is missing
4.41
certifiedchk adopt
2012
if pa040 d is 1, then certifiedchk adopt is 1
else if pa040 d is 2, then certifiedchk adopt is 0
else certifiedchk adopt is missing
4.42
card 12cat adopt
2011
if randompa is 2
if all of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} are missing, then card 12cat adopt is missing
else if at least one of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} is 1, then card 12cat adopt is 1
else if at least one of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} is 0, then card 12cat adopt is 0
4.43
card 4cat adopt
2011
if survey version is 4-category
if all of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} are missing, then card 4cat adopt is missing
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else if at least one of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} is 1, then card 4cat adopt is 1
else if at least one of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} is 0, then card 4cat adopt is 0
4.44
card adopt
2009-2012
if all of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} are missing, then card adopt is missing
else if at least one of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} is 1, then card adopt is 1
else if at least one of {dc adopt, cc adopt, svc adopt} is 0, then card adopt is 0
4.45
dc adopt
2009-2012
if pa008 a is greater than 0, then dc adopt is 1
else if pa008 a is missingand pa027 b is 1, then dc adopt is 1
else if pa008 a is 0 then dc adopt is 0
else if pa008 a is missing and bnk acnt adopt is 0, then dc adopt is 0
else if pa008 a is missing and pa008 b is greater than or equal to 0, then dc adopt is 0
else if pa008 a is missing and pa010 is 2, then dc adopt is 0
4.46
cc adopt
2009-2012
if pa053 is 1, then cc adopt is 1
else if pa053 is 2, then cc adopt is 0
else cc adopt is missing
if cc adopt is missing and pa027 a is 1, then cc adopt is 1
4.47
cc only adopt
2011, 2012
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if all of {cc vmd adopt, cc branded adopt, cc ae adopt } are missing, then cc only adopt is
missing
else if at least one {cc vmd adopt, cc branded adopt, cc ae adopt } is 1, then cc only adopt
is 1
else if at least one of {cc vmd adopt, cc branded adopt, cc ae adopt } is 0, then cc only adopt
is 0
else if cc adopt is 0, then cc only adopt is 0
2010
if all of {cc gp adopt, cc branded adopt} are missing, then cc only adopt is missing
else if at least one {cc gp adopt, cc branded adopt} is 1, then cc only adopt is 1
else if at least one of {cc gp adopt, cc branded adopt} is 0, then cc only adopt is 0
else if cc adopt is 0, then cc only adopt is 0
4.48
cc charge adopt
2011, 2012
if all of {cc aecharge adopt, cc club adopt} are missing, then cc charge adopt is missing
else if at least one {cc aecharge adopt, cc club adopt} is 1, then cc charge adopt is 1
else if at least one of {cc aecharge adopt, cc club adopt} is 0, then cc charge adopt is 0
2009, 2010
if pa019 b is 1, then cc charge adopt is 1
else if pa019 b is 2, then cc charge adopt 0
else if cc adopt is 0, then cc charge adopt is 0
else cc charge adopt is missing
4.49
svc 12cat adopt
2011
if survey version is 12-category, svc 12cat adopt = svc adopt (see svc adopt)
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4.50
svc 4cat adopt
2011
if survey version is 4-category, then svc 4cat adopt = svc adopt (see svc adopt)
4.51
svc adopt
2011, 2012
if all of {svc gov adopt, svc emp adopt, svc gp adopt, svc sp adopt} are missing, then svc adopt
is missing
else if at least one of {svc gov adopt, svc emp adopt, svc gp adopt, svc sp adopt} is 1, then
svc adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc gov adopt, svc emp adopt, svc gp adopt, svc sp adopt} is 0, then
svc adopt is 0
if svc adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc adopt is 1
2010
if all of {svc gp adopt, svc specific adopt, svc payroll adopt, svc govt adopt} are missing,
then svc adopt is missing
else if at least one of {svc gp adopt, svc specific adopt, svc payroll adopt, svc govt adopt} is
1, then svc adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc gp adopt, svc specific adopt, svc payroll adopt, svc govt adopt} is
0, then svc adopt is 0
if svc adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc adopt is 1
2009
if all of {svc gp adopt, svc specific adopt, svc payroll adopt, svc ebt adopt} are missing, then
svc adopt is missing
else if at least one of {svc gp adopt, svc specific adopt, svc payroll adopt, svc ebt adopt} is
1, then svc adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc gp adopt, svc specific adopt, svc payroll adopt, svc ebt adopt} is
0, then svc adopt is 0
if svc adopt is 0 or missing and pa027 c is 1, then svc adopt is 1
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4.52
elect adopt
2011, 2012
if at least one of {obbp adopt, banp t y} is 1, then elect adopt is 1
else if all of {obbp adopt, banp t y} are 0, then elect adopt is 0
if elect adopt is 0 and at least one of {obbp adopt, banp adopt} is missing, then elect adopt
is missing
2009, 2010
if at least one of {obbp adopt, banp t y} is 1, then elect adopt is 1
else if all of {obbp adopt, banp t y} are 0, then elect adopt is 0
4.53
obbp adopt
2009-2012
if bank acnt adopt is 1
{
if pa013 is 1 and pa014 is 1, then obbp adopt is 1
else if pa013 is 1 and pa014 is 2, then obbp adopt is 0
else if pa013 is 1 and pa014 is missing, then obbp adopt is missing
if obbp adopt is missing and newobbp is 2, then obbp adopt is 0
}
else if bnk acnt adopt is 0, then obbp adopt is 0
else if bnk acnt adopt is missing, then obbp adopt is missing
4.54
banp adopt
2009-2012
if banp typ is greater than 0, then banp adopt is 1
else if banp typ is 0, then banp adopt is 0
else banp adopt is missing
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4.55
income adopt
2009-2012
let income typ = pu002 d
if pu002 d is missing and abp adopt is 0, then income typ is 0
else if pu002 d is missing then income typ is missing
if income typ is greater than 0, then income adopt is 1
else if income typ is 0, then income adopt is 0
else income adopt is missing
4.56
csh typ
2009-2012
let csh typ = the sum of {pu004 a, pu006a a, pu006c a, pu021 a}
if all of {pu004 a, pu006a a, pu006c a, pu021 a} are missing, then csh typ is missing
4.57
mon t y
2009-2012 For use in definition of mon adopt:
if mon typ is greater than 0, then mon t y is 1
else if mon typ is 0, then mon t y is 0
else mon t y is missing
For use outside of definition of mon adopt:
if pa040 a is 1, then mon t y is 1
else if pa040 a is 2, then mon t y is 0
else mon t y is missing
4.58
tc t y
2012
if pa040 b is 1, then tc t y is 1
else if pa040 b is 2, then tc t y is 0
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else tc t y is missing
2011
if pa042 is 1, then tc t y is 1
else if pa042 is 2, then tc t y is 0
else tc t y is missing
2009, 2010
if tc typ is greater than 0, then tc t y is 1
else if tc typ is 0, then tc t y is 0
else tc t y is missing
4.59
svc ebt adopt
2012
if pa197f is 1, then svc ebt adopt is 1
else if pa197f is 2, then svc ebt adopt is 0
else svc ebt adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197f is 1, then svc ebt adopt is 1
else if pa197f is 2, then svc ebt adopt is 0
else svc ebt adopt is missing
2009
if pa099d is 1, then svc ebt adopt is 1
else if pa099d is 2, then svc ebt adopt is 0
else svc ebt adopt is missing
4.60
svc direxp adopt
2012
if pa197e is 1, then svc direxp adopt is 1
else if pa197e is 2, then svc direxp adopt is 0
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else svc direxp adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197e is 1, then svc direxp adopt is 1
else if pa197e is 2, then svc direxp adopt is 0
else svc direxp adopt is missing
4.61
svc other gov adopt
2012
if pa197m is 1, then svc other gov adopt is 1
else if pa197m is 2, then svc other gov adopt is 0
else svc other gov adopt is missing
4.62
svc payroll adopt
2012
if pa197g is 1, then svc payroll adopt is 1
else if pa197g is 2, then svc payroll adopt is 0
else svc payroll adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197g is 1, then svc payroll adopt is 1
else if pa197g is 2, then svc payroll adopt is 0
else svc payroll adopt is missing
2009, 2010
if pa099c is 1, then svc payroll adopt is 1
else if pa099c is 2, then svc payroll adopt is 0
else svc payroll adopt is missing
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4.63
svc incentive adopt
2012
if pa197h is 1, then svc incentive adopt is 1
else if pa197h is 2, then svc incentive adopt is 0
else svc incentive adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197h is 1, then svc incentive adopt is 1
else if pa197h is 2, then svc incentive adopt is 0
else svc incentive adopt is missing
4.64
svc benefit adopt
2012
if pa197i is 1, then svc benefit adopt is 1
else if pa197i is 2, then svc benefit adopt is 0
else svc benefit adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197i is 1, then svc benefit adopt is 1
else if pa197i is 2, then svc benefit adopt is 0
else svc benefit adopt is missing
4.65
svc gpp adopt
2012
if pa197b is 1, then svc gpp adopt is 1
else if pa197b is 2, then svc gpp adopt is 0
else svc gpp adopt is missing
2011
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if survey version is 12-category
if pa197b is 1, then svc gpp adopt is 1
else if pa197b is 2, then svc gpp adopt is 0
else svc gpp adopt is missing
4.66
svc remittance adopt
2012
if pa197j is 1, then svc remittance adopt is 1
else if pa197j is 2, then svc remittance adopt is 0
else svc remittance adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197j is 1, then svc remittance adopt is 1
else if pa197j is 2, then svc remittance adopt is 0
else svc remittance adopt is missing
4.67
svc rebate adopt
2012
if pa197k is 1, then svc rebate adopt is 1
else if pa197k is 2, then svc rebate adopt is 0
else svc rebate adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197k is 1, then svc rebate adopt is 1
else if pa197k is 2, then svc rebate adopt is 0
else svc rebate adopt is missing
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4.68
svc gift adopt
2012
if pa197a is 1, then svc gift adopt is 1
else if pa197a is 2, then svc gift adopt is 0
else svc gift adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197a is 1, then svc gift adopt is 1
else if pa197a is 2, then svc gift adopt is 0
else svc gift adopt is missing
4.69
svc transit adopt
2012
if pa197c is 1, then svc transit adopt is 1
else if pa197c is 2, then svc transit adopt is 0
else svc transit adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197c is 1, then svc transit adopt is 1
else if pa197c is 2, then svc transit adopt is 0
else svc transit adopt is missing
4.70
svc phonecard adopt
2012
if pa197d is 1, then svc phonecard adopt is 1
else if pa197d is 2, then svc phonecard adopt is 0
else svc phonecard adopt is missing
2011
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if survey version is 12-category
if pa197d is 1, then svc phonecard adopt is 1
else if pa197d is 2, then svc phonecard adopt is 0
else svc phonecard adopt is missing
4.71
svc location adopt
2012
if pa197l is 1, then svc location adopt is 1
else if pa197l is 2, then svc location adopt is 0
else svc location adopt is missing
2011
if survey version is 12-category
if pa197l is 1, then svc location adopt is 1
else if pa197l is 2, then svc location adopt is 0
else svc location adopt is missing
4.72
svc gov adopt
2012
if all of {svc ebt adopt, svc direxp adopt, svc other gov adopt} is missing, then svc gov adopt
are missing
else if at least one of {svc ebt adopt, svc direxp adopt, svc other gov adopt} is 1, then svc gov adopt
is 1
else if at least one of {svc ebt adopt, svc direxp adopt, svc other gov adopt} is 0, then svc gov adopt
is 0
2011
if survey version is 4-category
if pa099a is 1, then svc gov adopt is 1
else if pa099a is 2, then svc gov adopt is 0
else svc gov adopt is missing
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if survey version is 12-category
if all of {svc ebt adopt, svc direxp adopt} are missing, then svc gov adopt is missing
else if at least one of {svc ebt adopt, svc direxp adopt} is 1, then svc gov adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc ebt adopt, svc direxp adopt} is 0, then svc gov adopt is 0
4.73
svc emp adopt
2012
if all of {svc payroll adopt, svc incentive adopt, svc benefit adopt} are missing, then svc emp adopt
is missing
else if at least one of {svc payroll adopt, svc incentive adopt, svc benefit adopt} is 1, then
svc emp adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc payroll adopt, svc incentive adopt, svc benefit adopt} is 0, then
svc emp adopt is 0
2011
if survey version is 4-category
if pa099b is 1, then svc emp adopt is 1
else if pa099b is 2, then svc emp adopt is 0
else svc emp adopt is missing
if survey version is 12-category
if all of {svc payroll adopt, svc incentive adopt, svc benefit adopt} are missing, then
svc emp adopt is missing
else if at least one of {svc payroll adopt, svc incentive adopt, svc benefit adopt} is 1,
then svc emp adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc payroll adopt, svc incentive adopt, svc benefit adopt} is 0,
then svc emp adopt is 0
4.74
svc gp adopt
2012
if all of {svc gpp adopt, svc remittance adopt, svc rebate adopt} are missing, then svc gp adopt
is missing
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else if at least one of {svc gpp adopt, svc remittance adopt, svc rebate adopt} is 1, then
svc gp adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc gpp adopt, svc remittance adopt, svc rebate adopt} is 0, then
svc gp adopt is 0
2011
if survey version is 4-category
if pa099c is 1, then svc gp adopt is 1
else if pa099c is 2, then svc gp adopt is 0
else svc gp adopt is missing
if survey version is 12-category
if all of {svc gpp adopt, svc remittance adopt, svc rebate adopt} are missing, then svc gp adopt
is missing
else if at least one of {svc gpp adopt, svc remittance adopt, svc rebate adopt} is 1, then
svc gp adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc gpp adopt, svc remittance adopt, svc rebate adopt} is 0, then
svc gp adopt is 0
2009, 2010
if pa099a is 1, then svc gp adopt is 1
else if pa099a is 2, then svc gp adopt is 0
else svc gp adopt is missing
4.75
svc sp adopt
2012
if all of {svc gift adopt, svc transit adopt, svc phonecard adopt, svc location adopt} are missing, then svc sp adopt is missing
else if at least one of {svc gift adopt, svc transit adopt, svc phonecard adopt, svc location adopt}
is 1, then svc sp adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc gift adopt, svc transit adopt, svc phonecard adopt, svc location adopt}
is 0, then svc sp adopt is 0
2011
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if survey version is 4-category
if pa099d is 1, then svc sp adopt is 1
else if pa099d is 2, then svc sp adopt is 0
else svc sp adopt is missing
if survey version is 12-category
if all of {svc gift adopt, svc transit adopt, svc phonecard adopt, svc location adopt} are
missing, then svc sp adopt is missing
else if at least one of {svc gift adopt, svc transit adopt, svc phonecard adopt, svc location adopt}
is 1, then svc sp adopt is 1
else if at least one of {svc gift adopt, svc transit adopt, svc phonecard adopt, svc location adopt}
is 0, then svc sp adopt is 0
4.76
svc specific adopt
2009, 2010
if pa099b is 1, then svc specific adopt is 1
else if pa099b is 2, then svc specific adopt is 0
else svc specific adopt is missing
4.77
svc govt adopt
2010
if pa099d is 1, then svc govt adopt is 1
else if pa099d is 2, then svc govt adopt is 0
else svc govt adopt is missing
4.78
banp t y
2009-2012
if banp typ is greater than 0, then banp t y is 1
else if banp typ is 0, then banp t y is 0
else banp t y is missing
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4.79
abp adopt
2009-2012
if pa024 is 1, then abp adopt is 1
else if pa024is 2, then abp adopt is 0
else abp adopt is missing
4.80
cc gp adopt
2011, 2012
if all of {cc vmd adopt, cc ae adopt} are missing, then cc gp adopt is missing
else if at least one of {cc vmd adopt, cc ae adopt} is 1, then cc gp adopt is 1
else if at least one of {cc vmd adopt, cc ae adopt} is 0, then cc gp adopt is 0
2009, 2010
if pa019 a is 1, then cc gp adopt is 1
else if pa019 a is 2, then cc gp adopt 0
else if cc adopt is 0, then cc gp adopt is 0
else cc gp adopt is missing
4.81
cc aecharge adopt
2011, 2013
if pa019 c is 1, then cc aecharge adopt is 1
else if pa019 c is 2, then cc aecharge adopt is 0
else if cc adopt is 0, then cc aecharge adopt is 0
else cc aecharge adopt is missing
4.82
cc club adopt
2011, 2012
if pa019 e is 1, then cc club adopt is 1
else if pa019 e is 2, then cc club adopt is 0
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else if cc adopt is 0, then cc club adopt is 0
else cc club adopt is missing
4.83
mon typ
2009-2012
let mon typ = the sum of {pu004 bmo, pu005 amo, pu006a bmo, pu006c bmo, pu021 bmo}
if all of {pu004 bmo, pu005 amo, pu006a bmo, pu006c bmo, pu021 bmo} are missing and
moadopter is 0, then mon typ is 0
else if all of {pu004 bmo, pu005 amo, pu006a bmo, pu006c bmo, pu021 bmo} are missing
and moadopter is not equal to 0, then mon typ is missing
4.84
tc typ
2009-2012
let tc typ = pu008 c
if pu008 c is missing and at least one of {tcadopter, tcever} is 0, then tc typ is 0
else if pu008 c is missing and none of {tcadopter, tcever} is 0, then tc typ is missing
4.85
chk blnk adopt
2009-2012
if pa031 is 1, then chk blnk adopt is 1
else if pa031 is 2, then chk blnk adopt is 0
else if chk acnt adopt is 0, then chk blnk adopt is 0
else chk blnk adopt is missing
4.86
banp typ
2009-2012
let banp typ = the sum of {pu002 c, pu003 c, pu005 c, pu021 e}
if all of {pu002 c, pu003 c, pu005 c, pu021 e } are missing and bnk acnt adopt is 0, then
banp typ is 0
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else if all of {pu002 c, pu003 c, pu005 c, pu021 e} are missing and bnk acnt adopt is not
equal to 0, then banp typ is missing
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