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2020 Data User Notes
2020 Data User Notes
Assets
Child Care
2020 SIPP: Child Care Assistance Universe and Allocation Rates
User note concerning the universe of child-care assistance and higher allocation rates.
2020 SIPP: Comparing 2020 SIPP Child Care Data to Previous Year
User note concerning the comparison of 2020 SIPP child care estimates to 2008 and prior SIPP panels.
2020 SIPP: Inconsistencies in Child Care data
User note concerning inconsistencies in Child Care content for a small number of case.
Demographics
Disability
2020 SIPP: Disability Recode Variable RDIS_ALT
User note concerning differences in the construction of the recode variable RDIS_ALT in 2020 SIPP, compared to the 2014 SIPP Panel.
2020 SIPP: Estimates of Disability Prevalence
User note concerning estimates of disability prevalence produced using 2020 SIPP data.
Employment
2020 SIPP: Business Profits Collection and Processing Issue
User note discussing an error with the business profits question asking for annual profits but allowing multiple reports.
2020 SIPP: TPEARN Historical Comparison User Note
A user note concerning TPEARN and comparisons across SIPP panels.
2020 SIPP: User Note for Changes to Imputed Earnings
A user note concerning changes to imputed earnings and profits.
Fertility
2020 SIPP: Comparing 2020 SIPP Parental Leave Data to Previous Years
User note concerning 2020 SIPP parental leave estimates that are not comparable to the 2008 Panel and earlier due to changes in data collection.
2020 SIPP: Inconsistencies in Fertility Universes
User note concerning inconsistent status flag and edited variable universes in Fertility data for a small number of cases.
2020 SIPP: Inconsistent Multiple Partner Fertility Information
User note concerning inconsistencies with multiple partner fertility information for a small number of cases.
2020 SIPP: Problem with Age at Birth
User note concerning age at birth exceeding the age cap.
Health Insurance & Expenses
2020 SIPP: 2008-Comparable Recodes
User note concerning 2008-comparable recodes.
2020 SIPP: Employer-Offered Health Insurance Coverage
User note concerning variables related to employer-offered health insurance coverage and reasons respondent did not accept this type of coverage.
2020 SIPP: Health Insurance Coverage Units
User note concerning variables that identify health insurance coverage units.
2020 SIPP: Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage
User Note concerning recode variable for Marketplace coverage.
2020 SIPP: Missing Values for Some Health Insurance Variables
User note concerning some cases having incorrect missing values in variables EHEMPLY1, EPRIVPLAN1, EHDEDPLN1, EMDPLAN, and EMILITYPE.
2020 SIPP: Other Health Insurance Coverage Reports
User Note concerning interpretation of ‘Other Coverage’ reports.
2020 SIPP: Reasons Did Not Have Private and/or Public Health Insurance Coverage
User note concerning reasons respondent did not have private and/or public health insurance coverage for at least one month.
2020 SIPP: Reasons Type of Health Insurance Coverage Ended
User note concerning reasons why a respondent’s specific type of health insurance coverage ended.
2020 SIPP: “_SCRNR” Health Insurance Variables Versus Recodes
User note advising against the use of health insurance “_SCRNR” variables in favor of using recodes.
Programs
2020 SIPP: Inconsistent SSI Receipt for Partial Year Respondents
User note concerning an error in RSSI_YRYN for partial year respondents with SSI receipt in at least one month.
2020 SIPP: Incorrect Filing Status for Some EITC Recipients
User note concerning variables that can be used to link children with adults receiving Social Security on behalf of the child.
2020 SIPP: Incorrect Tax Filing and EITC Status Flag Values
User note concerning status flags structure for fact of filing, intent to file, tax filing status and EITC receipt for some married couples.
2020 SIPP: Incorrect Universe for EWELACTV3
User note concerning an error in the universe for EWELACTV3.
2020 SIPP: Other Assistance Universe and Logical-Imputation Rates
User note concerning some annual, means-tested program assistance universes and logical-imputation rates.
2020 SIPP: Processing Error Affecting Social Security ‘Self’ Amounts
User note regarding error affecting calculation of monthly Social Security receipt amounts.
2020 SIPP: Social Security Parent-Child Linkage Variables
User note concerning variables that can be used to link children with adults receiving Social Security on behalf of the child.
2020 SIPP: “Other Support Paid” Universe
User note concerning an error in the universe of “Other Support Paid”.
Residences
2020 SIPP: Corrected Duration of Residence Calculation
User note concerning corrected duration of residence calculation for Wave 3+ cases as of the 2020 SIPP.
2020 SIPP: Incorrect Duration of Residence Values
User note concerning incorrect duration of residence values for records from Wave 3 of the 2018 SIPP Panel in 2020 SIPP data.
Page Last Revised - September 20, 2023
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