Small package that allows reading Stata dictionary files (usually .dct extension).

Extracted information can be used with Pandas when calling read_fwf() function.

To install package locally:

python3 -m pip install statadict --user

Or directly from repository:

make all
python3 -m pip install . --user 

Having Stata dictionary file and related fixed width field csv file without headers, you can now use Pandas to read data:

import pandas as pd
from statadict import parse_stata_dict

stata_dict = parse_stata_dict(file="dictionary-file.dct")
data = pd.read_fwf("related-fwf-file.dat", names=stata_dict.names, colspecs=stata_dict.colspecs)