The VLS individual and household datafiles can be downloaded below.  Data will be downloaded in an spss portable file format (i.e., spss.por).  The data is zipped and can be unzipped with Winzip software (click here to download) .

These are the UNCORRECTED versions of the files that precede corrections made in May of 2002.   Click here for information about corrections.       Click Here for access to Corrected Data

Click below to download UNCORRECTED 1995 baseline survey:

●    Household and Person Level Data in Separate Files
●    SPSS program to match Household Level Data and Person Level Data
●    Sample SPSS program to use combined Household and Person Level Data


Click below to download UNCORRECTED 1996 first-round follow-up survey:

●    Household and Person Level Data in Separate Files
●    SPSS program to match Household Level Data and Person Level Data
●    Sample SPSS program to use combined Household and Person Level Data

Click below to download UNCORRECTED 1997 second-round follow-up survey:

●    Combined Household and Person Level Data in Separate Files
●    SPSS program to match Household Level Data and Person Level Data
●    Sample SPSS program to use combined Household and Person Level Data

Click below to download UNCORRECTED 1998 third-round follow-up survey:

●    Combined Household and Person Level Data in Separate Files
●    SPSS program to match Household Level Data and Person Level Data
●    Sample SPSS program to use combined Household and Person Level Data

Click Here for access to Corrected Data