Time Period Covered Detail (HQ) SectionNovember 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
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 HQ03
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF
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
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
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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