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2020 Data User Notes

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2020 Data User Notes

Data Collection

User Notes

2020 SIPP: COVID-19 Collection Impacts and Unit Nonresponse

October 27, 2021

User note concerning data collection impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and unit nonresponse in 2020 SIPP.

Assets

2020 SIPP: Errors in Debt Allocation Flag Variable Names

September 25, 2023

User note concerning variable names for allocation flags associated with EDEBT_CC, EDEBT_ED, EDEBT_OT, TDEBT_CC, TDEBT_ED, and TDEBT_OT.
2020 SIPP: TDRAW_AMT and Retirement Income

August 14, 2023

User note concerning TDRAW_AMT and how to incorporate it into a person-month retirement income recode.
2020 SIPP: Universe for Jointly Held Assets and Debts

March 08, 2022

User note concerning how the removal of EREGDOMPART from the 2020 SIPP affects the universe for jointly held assets and debts.

Attainment

Certifications & Licenses

User Notes

2020 SIPP: Hot Deck Issues for ECERT, EPROCERT, EWHOCERT

User note concerning corrections applied to the hot decks for ECERT, EPROCERT, and EWHOCERT.

Child Care

Demographics

Demographics (language spoken at home)

User Notes

2020 SIPP: ESPEAK Errors Affecting the Other Three Language Variables

User note concerning misclassified ESPEAK observations affecting TLANG1, EHOWWELL, and RLNGISOL.

Disability

Employment

Fertility

Food Security

User Notes

2020 SIPP: Hot-deck Allocation Error

January 03, 2025

User note concerning 2014-2022 SIPP Food Security hot-deck error.

Health Care

User Notes

2020 SIPP: Health Insurance Premium Expenditure Question Note

December 13, 2022

User note concerning health insurance premium expenditures and Social Security deductions.

Health Insurance

Health Insurance & Expenses

Programs

Residences

Social Security

User Notes

2020 SIPP: Social Security Parent-Child Linkage Variables

July 10, 2024

User note concerning variables that can be used to link children with adults receiving Social Security on behalf of a child.

Uninsured Care

User Notes

2020 SIPP: Processing Error Effects on Uninsured Care

User note concerning effects of processing error in monthly health insurance variables on Uninsured Care.

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2020 Data User Notes

2020 Data User Notes

Data Collection

Assets

Attainment

Certifications & Licenses

Child Care

Demographics

Demographics (language spoken at home)

Disability

Employment

Fertility

Food Security

Health Care

Health Insurance

Health Insurance & Expenses

Income Recodes

Language

Marital History

Nativity and Citizenship

Parents' Mortality

Poverty & Income

Programs

Residences

Social Security

Uninsured Care