Adding the Policyholder’s Characteristics. The PHLDRIDX allows you to link characteristics of the policyholder onto the records of every person covered by the plan. For example, suppose you wanted to study persons whose private employment-based insurance is through an employee working full time at a current main job as of the first interview of 2005 (Panel 10 Round 1 or Panel 9 Round 3). Then you would select PRPL records matching HC-084 (PUF84FLG=1) where the insurance is through a current main job (CMJINS=1) and [(PANEL=10 and RN=1) or (PANEL=9 and RN=3)]. From HC-084, select the DUPERSID and HOUR13 variables and rename DUPERSID to PHLDRIDX. Merge HOUR13 onto the PRPL file by PHLDRIDX. Some policyholders do not have records on HC-084 or HC-090. These include deceased policyholders and policyholders residing outside the RU. For these policyholders, PUF84FLG and PUF90FLG may be equal to 2, depending on when the policyholder left the RU. All of the covered person records for these establishment-policyholder pairs are flagged with DECPHLDR, OUTPHLDR, or NOPUFLG equal to 1. Deceased policyholders complicate the estimation of nationally representative statistics on active policies. For these establishment-policyholder pairs, users must choose a covered person with a positive weight. However, establishment- policyholder pairs where the policyholder resides outside the RU should not be included in estimates, because this will result in double counting, as RU members covering those outside the RU are already included.
