Description
QINCWAGE is a data quality flag that reports the editing methods for the variable INCDIVID. Please refer to the IPUMS user note on Income Data in MEPS for more information on the collection, editing, and imputation of income variables in MEPS.
Codes and Frequencies
Comparability
Please refer to the IPUMS user note on Income Data in MEPS for more information on changes to imputation methods over time.
Universe
- 1996-2016: Persons 16 years of age or older OR persons under age 16 who have filed (FILEDYN) or will file (FILEWILL) a Federal tax return for this calendar year, and who are flagged as a Primary Filer on the Federal tax return (FILESTATUS) OR person age 16 of age and older who have not and will not file any Federal income tax return.
Availability
- 1996-2016
Weights
- 1996-2016 : PERWEIGHT
