The EXPORT procedure to convert SAS data to STATA adds an extra byte to the length of the target STATA file when the column is a string:

The following code is an example:

filename stata "c:\temp\STATA_FILE.dta";

proc export data=a outfile=stata dbms=dta replace;

run;

Note that the extra byte is added for character variables only where the column length is an odd number.

There is no workaround for this issue.