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2021 Data User Notes
2021 Data User Notes
Assets
Child Care
2021 SIPP: Child Care Assistance Errors
User note concerning two persons incorrectly coded as having received child care assistance.
2021 SIPP: Child Care Assistance Universe and Allocation Rates
User note concerning the universe of child-care assistance and higher allocation rates.
2021 SIPP: Comparing 2021 SIPP Child Care Data to Previous Years
User note concerning the comparison of 20201 SIPP child care estimates to 2008 and prior SIPP panels.
Demographics
2021 SIPP: Corrected Parents’ Nativity Status Flags
User note concerning the correction of Parents’ Nativity status flags and imputation rates.
2021 SIPP: Some Inconsistent Monthly Relationships Among People
User note concerning inconsistent monthly relationships among people for a small number of cases.
Employment
2021 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.
2021 SIPP: Logical Allocation for Work Schedule End Time
User note concerning 2021 SIPP work schedule edits that logically allocate end-time using begin-time and shift duration.
Fertility
2021 SIPP: Comparing 2021 SIPP Parental Leave Data to Previous Years
User note concerning 2021 SIPP parental leave estimates that are not comparable to the 2008 Panel and earlier due to changes in data collection.
2021 SIPP: Inconsistencies in Fertility History
User note concerning inconsistent fertility histories for a few respondents.
2021 SIPP: Inconsistencies in Fertility Universes
User note concerning fertility inconsistencies in status flags and universes.
2021 SIPP: Inconsistent Fertility Universes
User note concerning fertility inconsistencies in status flags and universes.
2021 SIPP: Inconsistent Multiple Partner Fertility Information
User note concerning inconsistencies with multiple partner fertility information for a small number of cases.
2021 SIPP: Problem with Age at Birth
User note concerning age at birth exceeding the age cap.
Health Insurance & Expenses
2021 SIPP: 2008-Comparable Recodes
User note concerning 2008-comparable recodes.
2021 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.
2021 SIPP: Health Insurance Coverage Units
User note concerning removal of variables that identify health insurance coverage units.
2021 SIPP: Health Insurance Feedback Spell Fix
User note concerning health insurance feedback spell fix.
2021 SIPP: Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage
User Note concerning recode variable for Marketplace coverage.
2021 SIPP: Health Insurance Premium Expenditure Question Note
User note concerning health insurance premium expenditures and Social Security deductions.
2021 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.
2021 SIPP: Other Health Insurance Coverage Reports
User Note concerning interpretation of ‘Other Coverage’ reports.
2021 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.
2021 SIPP: Reasons Type of Health Insurance Coverage Ended
User note concerning reasons why a respondent’s specific type of health insurance coverage ended.
2021 SIPP: “_SCRNR” Health Insurance Variables Versus Recodes
User note advising against the use of health insurance “_SCRNR” variables in favor of using recodes.
Poverty
2021 SIPP: Monthly Poverty and Non-Monthly Income
User note concerning how non-monthly income sources led to higher monthly poverty rates in early 2020.
2021 SIPP: Social Security Processing Error and its Impact on Poverty
User note regarding impact of error affecting calculation of monthly Social Security amounts on poverty rates.
Programs
2021 SIPP: Discrepancy in Flags Indicating Veterans’ Benefits Receipt
User note concerning error in veterans’ benefits receipt flags.
2021 SIPP: Foster Child-Care Payments Correction
User note concerning the correction of double reporting of foster child-care payments.
2021 SIPP: Other Assistance Universe and Logical-Imputation Rates
User note concerning some annual, means-tested program assistance universes and logical-imputation rates.
2021 SIPP: Pandemic-Related Monthly SNAP Receipt and Amounts
User note concerning monthly SNAP amounts and receipt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 SIPP: Processing Error Affecting Social Security ‘Self’ Amounts
User note regarding error affecting calculation of monthly Social Security receipt amounts.
2021 SIPP: Tax Return Universe Inconsistencies
User note concerning 2021 SIPP tax return universe inconsistencies.
2021 SIPP: Volatility in Unemployment Compensation During COVID-19
User note concerning 2021 SIPP estimates of receipt of Unemployment Compensation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 SIPP: “Other Support Paid” Universe
User note concerning an error in the universe of “Other Support Paid”.
Residences
2021 SIPP: Universe Updates to State and Metropolitan Status
User note concerning updates related to universes for state and metropolitan variables.
2021 SIPP: Update to Residence Characteristics Editing Process
User note concerning an update to the editing process for residence characteristics including reason for moving and year/month moved.
Page Last Revised - October 10, 2023
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