Common use of MEPS Panel 15 Weight Clause in Contracts

MEPS Panel 15 Weight. The person-level weight for MEPS Panel 15 was developed using the MEPS Round 1 person- level weight as a “base” weight. For key, in-scope RU members who joined an RU after Round 1, the Round 1 family weight served as a “base” weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for nonresponse over Round 2 and the 2010 portion of Round 3 as well as raking to the same population control figures for December 2010 used for the MEPS Panel 14 weights. The same five variables employed for Panel 14 raking (census region, MSA status, race/ethnicity, sex, and age) were used for Panel 15 raking. Again, the final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2010 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment. Note that the MEPS Round 1 weights incorporated the following components: the original household probability of selection for the NHIS; ratio-adjustment to NHIS-based national population estimates at the household (occupied dwelling unit) level; adjustment for nonresponse at the dwelling unit level for Round 1; and poststratification to figures at the family and person level obtained from the March CPS data base of the corresponding year (i.e., 2009 for Panel 14 and 2010 for Panel 15).

MEPS Panel 15 Weight. The person-level weight for MEPS Panel 15 was developed using the MEPS Round 1 person- level weight as a “base” weight. For key, in-scope RU members who joined an RU after Round 1, the Round 1 family weight served as a “base” weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for nonresponse over Round 2 and the 2010 portion of Round 3 as well as raking to the same population control figures for December 2010 used for the MEPS Panel 14 weights. The same five variables employed for Panel 14 raking (census region, MSA status, race/ethnicity, sex, and age) were used for Panel 15 raking. Again, the final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2010 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment. Note that the MEPS Round 1 weights incorporated the following components: the original household probability of selection for the NHIS; ratio-adjustment to NHIS-based national population estimates at the household (occupied dwelling unit) level; adjustment for nonresponse at the dwelling unit level for Round 1; and poststratification to figures at the family and person level obtained from the March CPS data base database of the corresponding year (i.e., 2009 for Panel 14 and 2010 for Panel 15).

MEPS Panel 15 Weight. The person-level weight for MEPS Panel 15 was developed using the MEPS Round 1 person- level weight as a “base” weight. For key, in-scope RU members who joined an RU after Round 1, the Round 1 family weight served as a “base” weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for nonresponse over Round 2 and the 2010 portion of Round 3 as well as raking to the same population control figures for December 2010 used for the MEPS Panel 14 weights. The same five variables employed for Panel 14 raking (census region, MSA status, race/ethnicity, sex, and age) were used for Panel 15 raking. Again, the final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2010 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment. Note that the MEPS Round 1 weights incorporated the following components: the original household probability of selection for the NHIS; ratio-adjustment to NHIS-based national population estimates at the household (occupied dwelling unit) level; adjustment for nonresponse at the dwelling unit level for Round 1; and poststratification to figures at the family and person level obtained from the March CPS data base of the corresponding year (i.e., 2009 for Panel 14 and 2010 for Panel 15).

MEPS Panel 15 Weight. The person-level weight for MEPS Panel 15 was developed using the MEPS Round 1 person- level weight as a “base” weight. For key, in-scope RU members who joined an RU after Round 1, the Round 1 family weight served as a “base” weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for nonresponse over Round 2 and the 2010 portion of Round 3 as well as raking to the same population control figures for December 2010 used for the MEPS Panel 14 weights. The same five variables employed for Panel 14 raking (census region, MSA status, race/ethnicity, sex, and age) were used for Panel 15 raking. Again, the final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2010 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment. Note that the MEPS Round 1 weights incorporated the following components: the original household probability of selection for the NHIS; ratio-adjustment to NHIS-based national population estimates at the household (occupied dwelling unit) level; adjustment for nonresponse at the dwelling unit level for Round 1; and poststratification to figures at the family and person level obtained from the March CPS data base database of the corresponding year (i.e., 2009 for Panel 14 and 2010 for Panel 15).