Common use of MEPS Panel 20 Weight Development Process Clause in Contracts

MEPS Panel 20 Weight Development Process. The person-level weight for MEPS Panel 20 was developed using the 2015 full year weight for an individual as a “base” weight for survey participants present in 2015. For key, in-scope members who joined an RU some time in 2016 after being out-of-scope in 2015, the initially assigned person-level weight was the corresponding 2015 family weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for person-level nonresponse over Rounds 4 and 5 as well as raking to population control totals for December 2016 for key, responding persons in-scope on December 31, 2016. These control figures were derived by scaling back the population distribution obtained from the March 2017 CPS to reflect the December 31, 2016 estimated population total (estimated based on Census projections for January 1, 2017). Variables used for person-level raking included: census region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West); MSA status (MSA, non- MSA); race/ethnicity (Hispanic; Black, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; and other); sex; and age. (Poverty status is not included in this version of the MEPS full year database because of the time required to process the income data collected and then assign persons to a poverty status category). The final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2016 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment.

MEPS Panel 20 Weight Development Process. The person-level weight for MEPS Panel 20 was developed using the 2015 full full-year weight for an individual as a “base” weight for survey participants present in 2015. For key, in-scope members who joined an RU some time in 2016 after being out-of-scope in 2015, the initially assigned person-level weight was the corresponding 2015 family weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for person-level nonresponse over Rounds 4 and 5 as well as raking to population control totals for December 2016 for key, responding persons in-scope on December 31, 2016. These control figures were derived by scaling back the population distribution obtained from the March 2017 CPS to reflect the December 31, 2016 estimated population total (estimated based on Census projections for January 1, 2017). Variables used for person-level raking included: census region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West); MSA status (MSA, non- MSA); race/ethnicity (Hispanic; Black, Black non-Hispanic; Asian, Asian non-Hispanic; , and other); sex; and age. (Poverty status is not included in this version of the MEPS full year database because of the time required to process the income data collected and then assign persons to a poverty status category). The final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2016 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment.

MEPS Panel 20 Weight Development Process. The person-level weight for MEPS Panel 20 was developed using the 2015 2014 full year weight for an individual as a “base” weight for survey participants present in 20152014. For key, in-scope members who joined an RU some time in 2016 after being out-of-scope in 20152014, the initially assigned person-level weight was the corresponding 2015 2014 family weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for person-level nonresponse over Rounds 4 and 5 as well as raking to population control totals for December 2016 for key, responding persons in-scope on December 31, 2016. These control figures totals were derived by scaling back the population distribution obtained from the March 2017 CPS to reflect the December 31, 2016 estimated population total (estimated based on Census projections for January 1, 2017). Variables used for person-level raking included: census region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West); MSA status (MSA, non- MSA); race/ethnicity (Hispanic; Black, Black non-Hispanic; Asian, Asian non-Hispanic; and other); sex; and age. (Poverty status is not included in this version of the MEPS full year database because of the time required to process the income data collected and then assign persons to a poverty status category). The final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2016 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment.

MEPS Panel 20 Weight Development Process. The person-level weight for an individual in MEPS Panel 20 was developed using the 2015 full year weight for an individual as a “base” weight for each survey participants participant present in 2015. For key, in-scope members who joined an RU some time in 2016 after being out-of-scope in 2015, the initially assigned person-level weight was the corresponding 2015 family weight. The weighting process included an adjustment for person-level nonresponse over Rounds 4 and 5 as well as raking to population control totals figures for December 2016 for key, responding persons in-scope on December 31, 2016. These control figures were derived by scaling back the population distribution obtained from the March 2017 CPS to reflect the December 31, 2016 estimated population total (estimated based on Census projections for January 1, 2017). Variables used for person-level raking included: census region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West); MSA status (MSA, non- non-MSA); race/ethnicity (Hispanic; Black, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; and other); sex; and age. (Poverty status is not included in this version of the MEPS full year database because of the time required to process the income data collected and then assign persons to a poverty status category). The final weight for key, responding persons who were not in-scope on December 31, 2016 but were in-scope earlier in the year was the person weight after the nonresponse adjustment.