2018 SIPP: Problem with Shared Fertility Histories

There are a few person-level records in which the two members of a childbearing couple report fertility histories (TCBYR_1-6) that do not include a child’s birth year in common.  However, the majority of these reports include at least one birth that diverges by only a year, so we are assuming that these data are the result of discrepant parent reports.

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