Child care assistance is a means-tested program that is only available to people who are working or going to school. There are two persons in 2021 SIPP data that do not meet these criteria but are listed as receiving child-care assistance. To correct this error, data users should apply the following logic:
if (SSUID = 66786062578818 and PNUM =101) or (SSUID = 87686066214220 and PNUM=103) then:
ECHLD_ANY = 2;
ACHLD_ANY = 3;
ECHLD_MNYN = 2;
ECHLD_MNYN = 3;