INCWELFR is a 4-digit numeric variable with no implied decimals.
400: $400 or more (1993 and 1996 only)
450: $450 or more (1995 only)
500: $500 or more (1994 only)
9996: Not in Universe
Description
For persons who received any welfare or public assistance payments at any time during the month prior to the interview, INCWELFR reports the amount of the payment(s) that the person received last calendar month.
Please refer to the Universe and Comparability tabs for more detailed information on changes in the universe across survey years.
INCWELFR is part of the Family Resources supplement that provides information on individuals' health benefits, amount of coverage and income received from employment, welfare benefits, public assistance, and savings.
Questions in the Family Resources supplement are different from those in the core survey in terms of the content and the treatment of missing data. Questions in the Family Resources were normally asked of the month prior to the interview while the core survey asked of the last calendar year. All missing data in the Family Resources supplement were imputed by NHIS. Users can refer to the imputation flag variable QINCWELF to identify persons with imputed data.
Comparability
Changes in the universe between the 1990-1992 and 1993-1996 surveys limit the comparability of this variable.
In order to make INCWELFR comparable across all survey years, users should exclude single-person households and married-couple households whose annual income is at least $20,000 (use INCFAMR82ON).
Universe
- 1990-1992: Persons who received welfare/public assistance last month
- 1993: All persons in quarters 3 and 4 who received welfare/public assistance last month and did not live in single or married-couple families whose annual income is $20,000+
- 1994-1996: All persons who received welfare/public assistance last month and did not live in single or married-couple families whose annual income is $20,000+
Availability
- 1990-1996
Weights
- 1990-1992, 1994-1996 : PERWEIGHT
- 1993 : SAMPWEIGHT
