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From: NewUserSAS on 2 Feb 2010 14:31
All:

I need some help. Is there a SAS function or easy procedure for
converting Zip Codes to its corresponding Congressional District?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as I am not sure where
else to go at this point...

Thanks!
From: Mike Rhoads on 2 Feb 2010 15:10
There's no direct function, and I'm not aware of any easy procedure. :-(

There is an excellent discussion at http://support.sas.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=7934. The part about congressional districts is a little way in.


Mike Rhoads
RhoadsM1(a)Westat.com



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All:

I need some help. Is there a SAS function or easy procedure for converting Zip Codes to its corresponding Congressional District?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as I am not sure where else to go at this point...

Thanks!
From: Sierra Information Services on 2 Feb 2010 21:55
Congressional districts do not "respect" zip code boundaries. It is
possible that one zip code can straddle two(likely) or (unlikely)
three districts. I am not sure that even going to the zip plus four
level of detail will work for you.

Let us know what you come up with as a solution, please.

Andrew Karp
Sierra Information Services
http://www.sierrainformation.com


On Feb 2, 3:10�pm, RHOAD...(a)WESTAT.COM (Mike Rhoads) wrote:
> There's no direct function, and I'm not aware of any easy procedure. �:-(
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> There is an excellent discussion athttp://support.sas.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=7934. The part about congressional districts is a little way in.
>
> Mike Rhoads
> Rhoad...(a)Westat.com
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> All:
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> I need some help. �Is there a SAS function or easy procedure for converting Zip Codes to its corresponding Congressional District?
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From: Savian on 3 Feb 2010 01:42
On Feb 2, 12:31 pm, NewUserSAS <tdang...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> All:
>
> I need some help.  Is there a SAS function or easy procedure for
> converting Zip Codes to its corresponding Congressional District?
>
> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as I am not sure where
> else to go at this point...
>
> Thanks!

Purchase the data:

http://www.zipinfo.com/products/cdz/cdz.htm

Andrew is correct in that this is not straight-forward so might as
well lean on people that do it for a living and give them a few
hundred bucks for simplicity and accuracy.

Alan
http://www.savian.net
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