Federal Reserve Bulletin article (PDF) describing SCF'01
Questionnaire-Style Summary of the 2001 SCF CAPI Instrument (PDF). This document is based on the questionnaire for the 1992 SCF, the last of the surveys for which a paper questionnaire was used. The questionnaire has been altered to include changes to the instrument since 1992, and each variable in the final dataset has been labeled with its corresponding SCF X-variable number.In most cases, the question skip instructions have not been updated. Other relatively small inconsistencies with the actual CAPI instrument also remain. The Codebook is the appropriate place to turn for the fine details of the structure of the data, the exact text of the questions asked, and the full list of official codes. Nevertheless, the questionnaire format of this document may be useful for understanding the overall organization of the survey. At key points during the administration of the interview, interviewers show the respondents a series of cards containing information relevant to framing or answering a question. Most of this information is displayed as part of the question text or response categories, but some is more general.
2001 SCF Chartbook The SCF chartbook contains time series charts using triennial SCF data covering the period 1989 to 2001. The variables included are ones that appeared in a set of the tables in the Bulletin article. For each variable and classification group, the charts show the percent of families in the group who have the item and the median and mean amounts of holdings for those who have any. All dollar estimates are given in 2001 dollars. The 2001 SCF chartbook is provided also in Excel format.
Household Information Packet (HIP) for AP cases
Household Information Packet (HIP) for LS cases
The 2001 HIP contains forms used for the non-interview reports, the household listing, the first contact with the household, and the record of calls made on the household.
Stata/SE format (access over the web):
use http://econ.bc.edu/scf/01/scf2001x.dta 445 Mb
SAS Transport format (in zipped form):
scf2001x.zip 15 Mb