Time Period Covered Detail (HQ) Section

November 14, 2017

MEPS P21R5/P22R3/P23R1

NOTE: The MEPS instrument design changed beginning in Spring of 2018, affecting Panel 23 Round 1, Panel 22 Round 3, and Panel 21 Round 5, and affected the 2017 MEPS data files. The MEPS website releases the consolidated CAPI survey instruments each year for the Rounds 1 through 3 for the first year panel and Rounds 3 through 5 for the second year panel to accompany data releases. For the Full-Year 2017 PUFs, the Panel 22 Round 3 and Panel 21 Round 5 data were transformed to the degree possible to conform to the previous year (2016) design. For this reason, we are releasing 2016 CAPI survey instruments, updated to reflect 2017 dates, and users should note that not all changes to the instrument administered in the Spring of 2018 will be reflected in these documents.

THROUGHOUT THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS CAPI
SECTION, FOR SCREENS THAT SPECIFY THE REFERENCE
PERIOD {END DATE} AS PART OF THE CONTEXT HEADER,
CAPI DISPLAYS THE {END DATE} ONLY FOR ROUND 5. IN
ANY OTHER ROUND, CAPI DOES NOT DISPLAY THE {END
DATE} IN THE CONTEXT HEADER. FOR MOST PERSONS,
THE END DATE FOR ROUND 5 WILL BE DECEMBER 31 OF
THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PANEL.

BOX_00

CONTEXT HEADER DISPLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
DISPLAY PERS.FULLNAME, ESTB.ESTBNAME,
PRND.BEGREFMM, PRND.BEGREFDD, PRND.BEGREFYY,
PRND.ENDREFMM, PRND.ENDREFDD, PRND.ENDREFYY.

HQ01

{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF
ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}
{END-DT}

{Were/Was} {you/{PERSON}} covered the whole time from {START DATE}
until {today/{END DATE}}, or only part of the time?

WHOLE TIME ............................. 1 {BOX_01}
PART OF THE TIME ....................... 2
REF ................................... -7 {BOX_01}
DK .................................... -8 {BOX_01}

[Code One]

DISPLAY ‘today’ IF NOT ROUND 5. DISPLAY
‘{END DATE}’ IF ROUND 5.

FOR ROUND 5, DISPLAY END DATE IN THE CONTEXT
HEADER FOR QUESTIONS HQ01 AND HQ05.

IF ROUND 5 AND CODED ‘2’ (PART OF THE TIME), GO
TO HQ05

IF NOT ROUND 5 AND CODED ‘2’; (PART OF THE TIME),
CONTINUE WITH HQ02

HQ02

{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF
ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}
{END-DT}

{Are/Is} {you/{PERSON}} covered now?

YES .................................... 1 {HQ03}
NO ..................................... 2 {HQ04}
REF ................................... -7 {HQ04}
DK .................................... -8 {HQ04}

HQ03

{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF
ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}
{END-DT}

{Have/Has} {you/{PERSON}} been covered continuously, since the first
of {INTERVIEW MONTH} through today?

YES .................................... 1 {HQ05}
NO ..................................... 2 {HQ05}
REF ................................... -7 {HQ05}
DK .................................... -8 {HQ05}

DISPLAY NAME OF MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW IS BEING
CONDUCTED (I.E., MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW FIRST
STARTED) FOR ‘INTERVIEW MONTH’.

HQ04

{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF
ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}
{END-DT}

{Were/Was} {you/{PERSON}} covered at all during {INTERVIEW MONTH}?

YES .................................... 1 {HQ05}
NO ..................................... 2 {HQ05}
REF ................................... -7 {HQ05}
DK .................................... -8 {HQ05}

DISPLAY NAME OF MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW IS BEING
CONDUCTED (I.E., MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW FIRST
STARTED) FOR ‘INTERVIEW MONTH’.

HQ05

{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF
ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}
{END-DT}

For each of the following months, {were/was} {you/{PERSON}} covered
the whole month, part of the month, or not at all during the month?
(READ MONTH NAMES BELOW.)

1 WHOLE MONTH
2 PART OF MONTH (INCLUDING FIRST OF MONTH)
3 PART OF MONTH (NOT INCLUDING FIRST OF MONTH)
4 NOT COVERED

HQ05_01. MONTH AND YEAR HQ05_02. COVERAGE
1. MONTH AND YEAR [Enter Selection]
2. MONTH AND YEAR [Enter Selection]
3. MONTH AND YEAR [Enter Selection]
NOTE: THE NUMBER AND NAMES OF THE MONTHS LISTED
ARE DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF MONTHS BETWEEN
THE MONTH PRIOR TO THE MONTH OF THE INTERVIEW AND
THE MONTH OF THE REFERENCE DATE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF
THE REFERENCE DATE IS JANUARY 1 AND THE INTERVIEW
DATE IS APRIL 10, ‘JANUARY’, ‘FEBRUARY’, AND
‘MARCH’ ARE DISPLAYED. ‘APRIL’ WOULD NOT BE ASKED
ABOUT IN HQ05 BECAUSE QUESTIONS HQ03 AND HQ04
DETERMINED THE COVERAGE DURING THE INTERVIEW
MONTH.

FOR ROUND 5, THE END DATE IS NOT THE INTERVIEW
DATE. IT IS EITHER 12/31/{YEAR} OR THE DATE THE
PERSON LEFT THE RU, DIED, WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED,
MOVED, ETC.

THE SCREEN LAYOUT SHOULD ACCOMMODATE AS MANY
MONTHS AS POSSIBLE.

HARD CHECK:
EDIT: ALL MONTHS DISPLAYED AT HQ05 CANNOT BE
CODED ‘4’ (NOT COVERED) WHEN THE PERSON IS NOT
COVERED DURING THE INTERVIEW MONTH (HQ04 2). IF
ALL ARE, DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: “MUST BE
COVERED AT LEAST PART OF ONE MONTH. IF NOT, BACK
UP AND DELETE PERSON FROM COVERED PERSON ROSTER.”

GO TO BOX_01

BOX_01

RETURN TO THE HX, HP, OR PR SECTION.

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