MCDF data and documentation for 1983-1988, 2001 and 2002 have been added to the PRI MCDF SodaPop collection (files for 1989-2000 were available previously). NCHS provided 2000-2002 data to PRI prior to “official” release. As a result, the documentation for the 2000-2002 data is incomplete. Complete documentation will be made available with the official release of the data (likely on CD-ROM). PRI will obtain this official version when it becomes available, and will replace the files on PopNet UNIX and SodaPop.

MCDF files for 2000-2002 are available on PopNet UNIX and CD-ROM. The CD-ROM with the 2000-2002 data could be difficult for new MCDF users - the data is ASCII text (no program syntax available) and the documentation is confusing. It is recommended that users wanting to work with these files use SodaPop.