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Starting with 2022 SIPP data, the health insurance “screener” (“_SCRNR”) variables (EPR_SCRNR, EMC_SCRNR, EMD_SCRNR, EML_SCRNR and EOT_SCRNR) are not being released on the public-use data file. These variables, derived from the Event History Calendar, may be incomplete annual indicators.
Instead, a set of recode variables are produced so that data users can more easily estimate annual health insurance coverage:
In addition, SIPP data include a set of recode variables to indicate whether a person held that coverage type in a certain month of the reference year. In general, for estimates of monthly health coverage it is recommended to use these monthly recode variables:
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