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2018 SIPP Data

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2018 SIPP Data

Beginning with 2018 SIPP, data are collected as yearly overlapping panels, with new panels beginning each year. 2018 SIPP includes Wave 1 of the 2018 Panel only.

⚠️ An issue was discovered with Social Security Income processing that affected 2014 through 2021 SIPP data. Please see the Processing Error Affecting Social Security ‘Self’ Amounts user note for more information.

2018 SIPP Data Technical Documentation

pdf SIPP 2018 Metadata [< 1.0 MB]
pdf SIPP 2018 Release Notes [< 1.0 MB]
pdf 2018 SIPP Users' Guide [< 1.0 MB]
xls SIPP 2018 Crosswalks 2018-2014 [< 1.0 MB]
xls SIPP 2018 Crosswalks 2014-2018 [< 1.0 MB]
Online Codebook
Online codebook tool for searching SIPP metadata.

Data and Documents – Primary Data File

SAS Data Format

zip Windows/Mac [398 MB]
zip GNU/Linux [398 MB]

STATA Data Format

zip Windows/Mac [139 MB]
zip GNU/Linux [139 MB]

Pipe-Delimited Text Format

zip Windows/Mac [156 MB]
zip GNU/Linux [156 MB]
txt Schema for Pipe-Delimited Text File [< 1.0 MB]
txt Python Pandas Input Example [< 1.0 MB]
xls Input Validation Summary Statistics [< 1.0 MB]

Data and Documents - Replicate Weights

txt SIPP 2018 Replicate Weight Data Dictionary [< 1.0 MB]

SAS Data Format

zip Windows/Mac [986 MB]
zip GNU/Linux [986 MB]

STATA Data Format

zip Windows/Mac [982 MB]
zip GNU/Linux [982 MB]

Pipe-Delimited Text Format

zip Windows/Mac [999 MB]
zip GNU/Linux [999 MB]
txt Schema for Pipe-Delimited Text File [< 1.0 MB]
txt Python Pandas Input Example [< 1.0 MB]
xls Input Validation Summary Statistics [< 1.0 MB]

2018 User Notes

2018 Data User Notes
User notes for the 2018 Panel.

Related Data

SIPP 2014 Panel Data
SIPP 2014 Panel Longitudinal files covering all Panel data.
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