SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, 2004 PANEL WAVE 1 RECIPIENCY HISTORY TOPICAL MODULE FILE DATA DICTIONARY DATA SIZE BEGIN D SSUSEQ 5 1 T SU: Sequence Number of Sample Unit - Primary Sort Key U All persons V 1:50000 .Sequence Number D SSUID 12 6 T SU: Sample Unit Identifier Sample Unit identifier This identifier is created by scrambling together the PSU, Segment, Serial, Serial Suffix of the original sample address. It may be used in matching sample units from different waves. U All persons V 000000000000:999999999999 .Scrambled Id D SPANEL 4 18 T SU: Sample Code - Indicates Panel Year U All persons V 1996 .Panel Year D SWAVE 2 22 T SU: Wave of data collection Wave of data collection. The range of this variable is 1 through 12 to represent each wave in the 1996 Panel. For a specific cross-sectional product, the wave remains constant. U All persons V 1:12 .Wave of data collection D SROTATON 1 24 T SU: Rotation of data collection Rotation within wave. Each wave of data is collected over a four calendar month period. The rotation field indicates which month within the wave a particular interview was conducted. U All persons V 1:4 .Rotation of data collection D TFIPSST 2 25 T SU: FIPS State Code for fifth month household FIPS State Code Federal Information Processing Standards state (and state equivalent) code for the 50 states, and DC. For the Sample Unit U All persons V 01 .Alabama V 02 .Alaska V 04 .Arizona V 05 .Arkansas V 06 .California V 08 .Colorado V 09 .Connecticut V 10 .Delaware V 11 .DC V 12 .Florida V 13 .Georgia V 15 .Hawaii V 16 .Idaho V 17 .Illinois V 18 .Indiana V 19 .Iowa V 20 .Kansas V 21 .Kentucky V 22 .Louisiana V 24 .Maryland V 25 .Massachusetts V 26 .Michigan V 27 .Minnesota V 28 .Mississippi V 29 .Missouri V 30 .Montana V 31 .Nebraska V 32 .Nevada V 33 .New Hampshire V 34 .New Jersey V 35 .New Mexico V 36 .New York V 37 .North Carolina V 39 .Ohio V 40 .Oklahoma V 41 .Oregon V 42 .Pennsylvania V 44 .Rhode Island V 45 .South Carolina V 47 .Tennessee V 48 .Texas V 49 .Utah V 51 .Virginia V 53 .Washington V 54 .West Virginia V 55 .Wisconsin V 61 .Maine, Vermont V 62 .North Dakota, South Dakota, V .Wyoming D SHHADID 3 27 T SU: Hhld Address ID in fourth reference month Household Address ID. This field differentiates households within the sample PSU, segment, serial, serial suffix; that is, households spawned from an original sample household. The Address ID in a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 10 +9). U All persons V 11:129 .Household Address ID D SINTHHID 3 30 T SU: Hhld Address ID of person in interview month Address ID of this person at time of interview (fifth month). Address ID in a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 10 + 9). U All persons V 11:99 .Household Address ID V 0 .Not in universe D EOUTCOME 3 33 T HH: Interview Status code for fifth month household Household interview status. In Wave 1, the only valid codes are 201, 203 and 207. V 201 .Completed interview V 203 .Compl. partial- missing data; no V .TYPE-Z V 207 .Complete partial - TYPE-Z; no V .further follow-up V 213 .TYPE-A, language problem V 215 .TYPE-A, insufficient partial V 216 .TYPE-A, no one home (noh) V 217 .TYPE-A, temporarily absent (ta) V 218 .TYPE-A, hh refused V 219 .TYPE-A, other occupied (specify) V 234 .TYPE-B, entire hh institut. or V .temp. ineligible V 248 .TYPE-C, other (specify) V 249 .TYPE-C, sample adjustment V 250 .TYPE-C, hh deceased V 251 .TYPE-C, moved out of country V 252 .TYPE-C, living in armed forces V .barracks V 253 .TYPE-C, on active duty in Armed V .Forces V 254 .TYPE-C, no one over age 15 years V .in hhld V 255 .TYPE-C, no Wave 1 persons V .remaining in hhld V 260 .TYPE-D, moved address unknown V 261 .TYPE-D, moved w/in U.S. but V .outside SIPP V 262 .Merged with another SIPP household V 270 .Mover, no longer located in same V .fr's area V 271 .Mover, new address located in V .same fr's area V 280 .Newly spawned case outside fr's V .area D RFID 3 36 T FA: Family ID Number in month four Family ID number may be used to identify all persons in the same family in the fourth reference month of a given wave. This ID is used for primary families, unrelated subfamilies, primary and secondary individuals. Persons related subfamilies have the primary family ID in this field. U All persons V 1:120 .Family ID number D RFID2 3 39 T FA: Family ID excluding related subfamily members Family ID number excluding members of related subfamilies. Defined as of the fourth reference month of a given wave. This ID is used for all persons except related subfamily members. U All persons except those in related subfamilies (excludes persons with ESFTYPE = 2) V 0 .Member of related subfamily V 1:120 .Family ID number D EPPIDX 3 42 T PE: Person index Person index. This field differentiates persons within the sample unit. Person index is unique within the sample unit and wave. U All persons V 1:999 .Person index D EENTAID 3 45 T PE: Address ID of hhld where person entered sample Address ID of the household that this person belonged to at the time this person first became part of the sample. Address ID in a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 10 + 9). U All persons V 11:129 .Entry address ID D EPPPNUM 4 48 T PE: Person number Person number. This field differentiates persons within the sample unit. Person number is unique within the sample unit across all waves of a panel. Person number for a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 100 + 99). U All persons V 101:1299 .Person number D EPOPSTAT 1 52 T PE: Population status based on age in fourth ref. month Population status. This field identifies whether or not a person was eligible to be asked a full set of questions, based on his/her age in the fourth month of the reference period. U All persons V 1 .Adult (15 years of age or older) V 2 .Child (Under 15 years of age) D EPPINTVW 2 53 T PE: Person's interview status at time of interview U All persons V 1 .Interview (self) V 2 .Interview (proxy) V 3 .Noninterview - Type Z V 4 .Nonintrvw - pseudo Type Z. Left V .sample during the reference V 5 .Children under 15 during V .reference period D EPPMIS4 1 55 T PE: Person's 4th month interview status Person's interview status for month 4 U All persons V 1 .Interview V 2 .Non-interview D ESEX 1 56 T PE: Sex of this person U All persons V 1 .Male V 2 .Female D ERACE 1 57 T PE: Race of this person U All persons V 1 .White V 2 .Black V 3 .American Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo V 4 .Asian or Pacific Islander D EORIGIN 2 58 T PE: Origin of this person U All persons V 1 .Canadian V 10 .Polish V 11 .Russian V 12 .Scandinavian V 13 .Scotch-Irish V 14 .Scottish V 15 .Slovak V 16 .Welsh V 17 .Other European V 2 .Dutch V 20 .Mexican V 21 .Mexican-American V 22 .Chicano V 23 .Puerto Rican V 24 .Cuban V 25 .Central American V 26 .South American V 27 .Dominican Republic V 28 .Other Hispanic V 3 .English V 30 .African-American or Afro-American V 31 .American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut V 32 .Arab V 33 .Asian V 34 .Pacific Islander V 35 .West Indian V 39 .Another group not listed V 4 .French V 40 .American V 5 .French-Canadian V 6 .German V 7 .Hungarian V 8 .Irish V 9 .Italian D WPFINWGT 10 60 T WW: Person weight Final person weight in fourth month of reference period. Four implied decimal positions U All persons V 0.0000:999999.9999 .Final person weight D ERRP 2 70 T PE: Household relationship Household relationship in fourth month of reference period. U All persons V 1 .Reference person w/ rel. persons V .in hhld V 10 .Unmarried partner of reference V .person V 11 .Housemate/roommate V 12 .Roomer/boarder V 13 .Other non-relative of reference V .person V 2 .Reference Person w/out rel. V .persons in hhld V 3 .Spouse of reference person V 4 .Child of reference person V 5 .Grandchild of reference person V 6 .Parent of reference person V 7 .Brother/sister of reference person V 8 .Other relative of reference person V 9 .Foster child of reference person D TAGE 2 72 T PE: Age as of last birthday Age as of last birthday. This is the person's age as of the end of the fourth reference month. Age is derived from reported or imputed month and year of birth. Bottom coding year of birth results in the top coding of age into the highest two single year age groups based on month of birth. Users should combine the last two age groups for microdata analysis. U All persons V 0 .Less than 1 full year old V 1:88 .Years old D EMS 1 74 T PE: Marital status Marital status in the fourth month of the reference period. U All persons V 1 .Married, spouse present V 2 .Married, Spouse absent V 3 .Widowed V 4 .Divorced V 5 .Separated V 6 .Never Married D EPNSPOUS 4 75 T PE: Person number of spouse Person number of spouse in fourth month of the reference period. A person number in a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 100 + 99). U All persons V 101:1299 .Person number V 9999 .Spouse not in hhld or person not V .married D EPNMOM 4 79 T PE: Person number of mother Person number of mother in fourth month of the reference period. A person number in a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 100 + 99). U All persons V 101:1299 .Person number V 9999 .No mother in household D EPNDAD 4 83 T PE: Person number of father Person number of father in fourth month of the reference period. A person number in a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 100 + 99). U All persons V 101:1299 .Person number V 9999 .No father in household D EPNGUARD 4 87 T PE: Person number of guardian Person number of guardian in fourth month of the reference period. A person number in a specific wave should never be greater than (WAVE * 100 + 99). U All persons, under age 20 who are never married TAGE V -1 .Not in universe V 101:1299 .Person number V 9999 .Guardian not in household D RDESGPNT 2 91 T PE: Designated parent or guardian flag Is .. the designated parent or guardian of children under age 18 who live in this household? U All persons 15+ at the end of the reference period. EPOPSTAT= 1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D EEDUCATE 2 93 T ED: Highest Degree received or grade completed What is the highest level of school ... has completed or the highest degree ... has received? U All persons 15+ at end of reference period. EPOPSTAT = 1 V -1 .Not in universe V 31 .Less than 1st grade V 32 .1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade V 33 .5th or 6th grade V 34 .7th or 8th grade V 35 .9th grade V 36 .10th grade V 37 .11th grade V 38 .12th grade V 39 .High school graduate - high V .school diploma or equivalent V 40 .Some college but no degree V 41 .Diploma or certificate from a V .voc, tech, trade or bus V .school beyond$ V 42 .Associate degree in college - V .Occupational/vocational V .program V 43 .Associate Degree in college - V .Academic program V 44 .Bachelors degree (For example: V .BA, AB, BS) V 45 .Master's degree (For example: MA, V .MS, MEng, MSW, MBA) V 46 .Professional School Degree (For V .example: MD,DDS,DVM,LLB,JD) V 47 .Doctorate degree (For example: V .PhD, EdD) D LGTKEY 8 95 T PE: Person longitudinal key The longitudinal key is in sort by scrambled id (SSUID). The first five digits of the key contain a longitudinal sequence number which is unique for the sample unit across all waves. The last three digits contain a person''s index which identifies a person within a sample unit and is unique for a person across all waves. This key can be used to merge people longitudinally. Universe=All persons V 1001:50000001 .Longitudinal Key D EARCUNV 2 103 T REC: Universe indicator. Universe indicator. U All adults V 1 .In universe V -1 .Not in universe D ECURAFDC 2 105 T REC: Any other time authorized to recieve public assist CURADC Have there been any other times before this when ... was authorized to recieve AFDC,TANF or any other state cash assistance program for .. and her child? U All adults that currently receive AFDC and EPOPSTAT=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D ACURAFDC 1 107 T REC: Allocation flag for ECURAFDC CURADC Allocation flag for ever applied for AFDC Program V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D EEVRGARD 2 108 T REC: Has ... ever had a child or served as a legal guardian EVERGARD Some benefits program are designed to help needy children.Has ... ever had any children or served as a child''s legal guardian? U All adults that currently receive AFDC and EPOPSTAT=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D AVERGARD 1 110 T REC: Allocation flag for EEVRGARD EVERGARD Allocation flag for ever applied for AFDC Program V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D EAPLAFDC 2 111 T REC: Ever applied for AFDC, TANF, or State Named Program APLAFDC Has .... ever applied for public assistance such as AFDC, TANF, or [State Named] program? U All adults that receive AFDC and EPOPSTAT=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D AAPLAFDC 1 113 T REC: Allocation flag for EAPLAFDC APLAFDC Allocation flag for ever applied for AFDC, TANF, or [State Named] Program V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D ERCVAFDC 2 114 T REC: Authorized to receive AFDC, TANF, or State Named RECVAFDC Has ... ever received any public assistance benefits such as AFDC, TANF, or [State Named] program? U All adults that receive AFDC and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLAFDC=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D ARCVAFDC 1 116 T REC: Allocation flag for ERCVAFDC RECVAFDC Allocation flag for authorized to receive AFDC/ADC V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TAFDCSTY 4 117 T REC: Year 1st received AFDC, TANF, or State Named Prog AFDCWHEN@YR When did ... first start receiving public assistance benefits such as AFDC, TANF, or [State Named] program? U All adults that receive AFDC and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLAFDC=1 and ERCVAFDC=1 V 1966:2004 .Year first received AFDC benefits V -1 .Not in universe D AAFDCSTY 1 121 T REC: Allocation flag for TAFDCSTY AFDCWHEN@YR Allocation flag for year 1st received AFDC, TANF, or [State Named] benefits V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TAFDCLY 4 122 T REC: Year last received AFDC, TANF, or State Named TMAFDCLG@2 When did ... last receive public assistance such as AFDC, TANF, or [State Named]? U All adults that receive AFDC and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLAFDC=1 and ERCVAFDC=1 and TAFDCSTY>0 V 1981:2004 .Year last received AFDC, TANF, or V .State Named V -1 .Not in universe D AAFDCLY 1 126 T REC: Allocation flag for TAFDCLY TMAFDCLG@2 Allocation flag for length of time received AFDC, TANF, or [State Named] (year) V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TAFDCTIM 2 127 T REC: Number of times received AFDC, TANF, or State Named AFDCTIME How many times in all have there been when... received public assistance such as AFDC, TANF, or [State Named]? U All adults that receive AFDC, TANF, or State Named and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLAFDC=1 and ERCVAFDC=1 and TAFDCSTY>0 and (EAFDCLG1 or EAFDCLG2 > 0). V 1 .One time on ADFC/TANF V 2 .Two times on ADFC/TANF V 3 .Three or more times on ADFC/TANF V -1 .Not in universe D AAFDCTIM 1 129 T REC: Allocation flag for TAFDCTIM AFDCTIME Allocation flag for number of times AFDC, TANF, or [State Named] was recieved V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D ECURSSI 2 130 T REC: Any other time authorized to recieve SSI CURSSI Besides the Supplemental Security Income ... recieved during the last four months, have there been any other times when ... was authorized to recieve Supplemental Security Income benefits? U All adults that receive AFDC and EPOPSTAT=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D ACURSSI 1 132 T REC: Allocation flag for ECURSSI CURSSI Allocation flag for ever applied for SSI Program V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D EAPLSSI 2 133 T REC: Ever applied for SSI program APLSSI Has .... ever applied for benefits from the program called SSI or Supplemental Security Income? U All adults with SSI(fed/state) and EPOPSTAT=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D AAPLSSI 1 135 T REC: Ever applied for SSI allocation flag APLSSI Allocation flag for EAPLSSI V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D ERECVSSI 2 136 T REC: Authorized to receive SSI RECVSSI Has .... ever received SSI benefits? U All adults with SSI(fed/state) and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLSSI=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D ARECVSSI 1 138 T REC: Authorized to receive SSI allocation flag RECVSSI Allocation flag for authorization to recieve SSI V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TSSISTRY 4 139 T REC: Year first received SSI benefits SSIWHEN@SSISTRTY When did ... first start receiving SSI? U All adults with SSI(fed/state) and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLSSI=1 and ERECVSSI=1 V 1971:2004 .Year started receiving SSI V -1 .Not in universe D ASSISTRY 1 143 T REC: Allocation flag for TSSISTRY SSIWHEN@SSISTRTY Allocation flag for year first received SSI benefits V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TSSILY 4 144 T REC: Length of time received SSI(years) TMSSILNG@2 When did ... last receive SSI? U All adults with SSI(federal/state) and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLSSI=1 and ERECVSSI=1 and TSSISTRY>0 V 1985:2004 .Length of time received SSI(years) V -1 .Not in universe D ASSILY 1 148 T REC: Allocation flag for TSSILY TMSSILNG@2 Allocation flag for TSSILY V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D ECURFS 2 149 T REC: Other Times When Authorized to Receive Food Stamps CURFS Have there been any other times before this past time when ... was authorized to receive food stamps? U All adults currently receiving FOOD STAMPS and EPOPSTAT=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D ACURFS 1 151 T REC: Allocation flag for ECURFS CURFS Allocation flag for other time receiving Food Stamps V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D EAPLFS 2 152 T REC: Ever applied for Food Stamp Program APLFS Has ... ever applied for the Federal Governments'' Food Stamp Program? U All adults not currently receiving FOOD STAMPS and EPOPSTAT=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D AAPLFS 1 154 T REC: Allocation flag for EAPLFS APLFS Allocation flag for ever applied for Food Stamp Program V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D ERECVFS 2 155 T REC: Authorized to receive Food Stamps RECVFS Has ... ever been authorized to receive-food stamps? U All adults who not currently receive Food Stamps and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLFS=1 V -1 .Not in universe V 1 .Yes V 2 .No D ARECVFS 1 157 T REC: Allocation flag for ERECVFS RECVFS Allocation flag for authorized to receive Food Stamp V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TFSSTRYR 4 158 T REC: Year first received food stamp FSWHEN@FSSTRTYR When did ... first start receiving food stamp? U All adults who receive Food stamp and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLFS=1 and ERECVFS=1 V 1969:2004 .Year V -1 .Not in universe D AFSSTRYR 1 162 T REC: Allocation flag for TFSSTRYR FSWHEN@FSSTRTYR Allocation flag for year first received food stamp V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TFSLY 4 163 T REC: Length of time received food stamp(years) TMFSLONG@2 When did ... last receive Food Stamps? U All adults who receive Food stamp and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLFS=1 and ERECVFS=1 and TFSSTRYR >0 V 1984:2004 .Year V -1 .Not in universe D AFSLY 1 167 T REC: Allocation flag for TFSLY TMFSLONG@2 Allocation flag for length of time received Food Stamps (year) V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D TFSTIMES 2 168 T REC: Number of separate times go on food stamps TMFSTIME How many separate times did ... go on food stamps? U All adults who receive Food stamp and EPOPSTAT=1 and EAPLFS=1 and ERECVFS=1 and TFSSTRYR >0 and (EFSLONG1 or EFSLONG2 > 0). V 1 .One time on food stamps V 2 .Two times on food stamps V 3 .Three or more times on food stamps V -1 .Not in universe D AFSTIMES 1 170 T REC: Allocation flag for TFSTIMES TMFSTIME Allocation flag for number of times received Food Stamps V 0 .Not imputed V 1 .Statistical imputation (hot deck) V 2 .Cold deck imputation V 3 .Logical imputation (derivation) D FILLER 2 171 T Filler