MEPS-HC Core Interview

MEPS FAMES P12R5/P13R3/P14R1 Time Period Covered Detail (HQ) Section

December 8, 2008

Time Period Covered Detail (HQ) Section

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| 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. |

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BOX_00

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| CONTEXT HEADER DISPLAY INSTRUCTIONS: |

| DISPLAY PERS.FULLNAME, ESTB.ESTBNAME, |

| PRND.BEGREFMM, PRND.BEGREFDD, PRND.BEGREFYY, |

| PRND.ENDREFMM, PRND.ENDREFDD, PRND.ENDREFYY. |

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HQ01

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{PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF

ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}

{END-DT}

(Were/Was) (PERSON) covered the whole time from (START DATE)

until {today/(END DATE)}, or only part of the time?

WHOLE TIME ............................. 1 {BOX_01}

PART OF THE TIME ....................... 2

REF ................................... -7 {BOX_01}

DK .................................... -8 {BOX_01}

[Code One]

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| DISPLAY ‘today’ IF NOT ROUND 5. DISPLAY |

| ‘(END DATE)’ IF ROUND 5. |

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| FOR ROUND 5, DISPLAY END DATE IN THE CONTEXT |

| HEADER FOR QUESTIONS HQ01 AND HQ05. |

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| IF ROUND 5 AND CODED ‘2’ (PART OF THE TIME), GO TO|

| HQ05 |

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| IF NOT ROUND 5 AND CODED ‘2’ (PART OF THE TIME), |

| CONTINUE WITH HQ02 |

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HQ02

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{PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF

ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}

{END-DT}

(Are/Is) (PERSON) covered now?

YES .................................... 1 {HQ03}

NO ..................................... 2 {HQ04}

REF ................................... -7 {HQ04}

DK .................................... -8 {HQ04}

HQ03

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{PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF

ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}

{END-DT}

(Have/Has) (PERSON) been covered continuously, since the first

of {INTERVIEW MONTH} through today?

YES .................................... 1 {HQ05}

NO ..................................... 2 {HQ05}

REF ................................... -7 {HQ05}

DK .................................... -8 {HQ05}

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| DISPLAY NAME OF MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW IS BEING |

| CONDUCTED (I.E., MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW FIRST |

| STARTED) FOR 'INTERVIEW MONTH'. |

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HQ04

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{PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF

ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}

{END-DT}

(Were/Was) (PERSON) covered at all during {INTERVIEW MONTH}?

YES .................................... 1 {HQ05}

NO ..................................... 2 {HQ05}

REF ................................... -7 {HQ05}

DK .................................... -8 {HQ05}

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| DISPLAY NAME OF MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW IS BEING |

| CONDUCTED (I.E., MONTH IN WHICH INTERVIEW FIRST |

| STARTED) FOR 'INTERVIEW MONTH'. |

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HQ05

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{PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF

ESTABLISHMENT} {STR-DT}

{END-DT}

For each of the following months, (were/was) (PERSON) covered

the whole month, part of the month, or not at all during the

month? (READ MONTH NAMES BELOW.)

1 = WHOLE MONTH

2 = PART OF MONTH (INCLUDING FIRST OF MONTH)

3 = PART OF MONTH (NOT INCLUDING FIRST OF MONTH)

4 = NOT COVERED

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| HQ05_01. MONTH AND YEAR | HQ05_02. COVERAGE |

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| 1. MONTH AND YEAR | [Enter Selection] |

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| 2. MONTH AND YEAR | [Enter Selection] |

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| 3. MONTH AND YEAR | [Enter Selection] |

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| 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. |

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| THE SCREEN LAYOUT SHOULD ACCOMMODATE AS MANY MONTHS|

| AS POSSIBLE. |

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| 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.” |

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| GO TO BOX_01 |

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BOX_01

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| RETURN TO THE HX, HP, OR PR SECTION. |

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