"Quick-and-Dirty" Codebooks

While it's difficult to over-state the importance--indeed, necessity--of an accurate, readable codebook, what is also true is that they can be a "pain" to generate (especially if one waits until the very end of a project). Stata can generate a "bare-bones," though perfectly serviceable, codebook with relatively little effort. A helpful "how-to" is included in this discussion (here).