Written by: Deeksha Sharma, Statistical Research Associate @ SCHARP, 04/16/2025

Data for public use is available in several different formats. This README talks about these different formats.

On the ATLAS page, there are 2 different sections - 'CSV' and 'XPT'. 

While data can be downloaded from any section.

Section 'Files' has more options on data formats, as detailed below.

Folder 'CSV' contains 2 types of files:

1. 'Formatted' - contains both character and numeric variables, with formatted values
2. 'Unformatted' - contains both character and numeric variables, without formats

Folder 'XPT' SAS transport file:
1. 'Formatted' - XPT version of datasets. Contains both character and numeric variables.