Scientific Data Documentation
Health Insurance Supplement, 1996
1996 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Health Insurance Public Use Data File
1. The 1996 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Health Insurance data
file contains a variety of data items addressing health insurance. These
data items are essentially the same as in other recent years with a few
exceptions. The differences are:
A) All Medicare recipients were asked about "Medicare Managed Care
plans."
B) All Medicaid recipients were asked about "Medicaid Managed Care
plans."
C) For those with private general purpose health care plans,
coverage of dental care was ascertained instead of coverage for
mammograms.
The coding scheme for the private insurance plans has changed completely
from previous years. The new codes are more directly related to newer
types of managed care. As a result, many of the recodes relating to
earlier HMO coverage have been deleted. These fields have been left blank
on the file so that the fields that are consistent between 1996 and
previous years are retained in the same locations.
As a result of the Federal government furlough, two weeks of data
collection were omitted in January of 1996. In addition, in orde to test
the changing NHIS core questionnaire, for much of the year the sample was
split between the old (paper) and new (computerized) versions of the core
questionnaire. This data file includes only data obtained from the paper
version of the NHIS questionnaire. As a result, the sample size is
considerably smaller than in the previous year (63,402 vs. 102,467). The
weights have been adjusted for these factors to produce national
estimates.
2. The 1996 Health Insurance supplement was administered for the full year
(except as mentioned above) in all of the NHIS sample households which
were interviewed using the paper core NHIS. Information was collected
from a household respondent about all family members who participated
in the NHIS.
The 1996 Health Insurance file is structured in the following way:
a. The NHIS person record from the core questionnaire (locations 1-189)
b. The weight fields (locations 190-335)
c. Fields needed for calculating variances (locations 342-358)
d. Data from supplement (locations 401-554)
Note: All data from the Health Insurance supplement have been
shifted to start in location 401 in order to accommodate a longer public
use person record required by the new sample design in 1995. As noted
above, fields that are the same as in 1995 are in the same locations, but
many old recode fields pertaining to private health insurance have been
left blank as a result of the change in the plan coding.
3. In 1996, two types of item non-response were identified:
(1) "Not ascertained" (codes 8, 98, or 998) includes blanks when there
should have been a response or when an impossible code appeared and;
(2) Responses of "don't know" or "refused" when the question was asked
(codes 9, 99 and 999).
4. The overall response rate for the 1996 Health Insurance was 89.8 percent.
This response rate was calculated as follows:
Household response rate from core of 93.8 percent multiplied by the
95.7 percent who responded to the Health insurance section yields an
overall response rate of 89.8 percent.
Dummy records were created for those with no response to the entire
section (see file location 401).
5. Weights and variances:
Since the NHIS uses a multistage sample design to represent the civilian
non-institutionalized population of the United States, weights must be
used to make accurate estimates based on data from the National Health
Interview Survey. A set of weights are included on the 1996 file:
The first weight listed below (i.e. the Final Basic Weight) will be used
in most analyses of the Health Insurance data.
The Final Basic Weight (location 219-227) is the equivalent of the Annual
Final Basic Weight found on the NHIS Person Record of the Basic Health
and Demographic component of the survey (i.e. the Core questionnaire). A
national estimate of all person level variables can be made using this
weight.
This weight will be used in conjunction with Health Insurance data items
in file locations 401-554.
The Final Quarter Basic Weight before age-sex-race/ethnicity adjustment
(loc. 172-177) is required by some software packages for variance
estimation for surveys with complex sample designs. This weight is also
included on the file.
As mentioned above, the sample design for the NHIS was changed for 1995.
Data from 1995 and 1996 can be combined with data from previous years,
however, variances for 1995 and 1996 must be calculated separately from
variances of previous years. In addition, because of the smaller sample
size in 1996, some of the design elements were combined for reasons of
confidentiality. The exact changes are included in explanation below.
There are a number of computer programs that yield variance estimates for
data based on complex sample surveys. Some are based on replication
approaches and others are based on Taylor linearization approaches. In
addition to the Final Quarter Basic Weight before age-sex-race/ethnicity
adjustment (which is the weight prior to post-stratification), included
on the Health Insurance file is the collapsed variance stratum (loc. 354-
357), the variance PSU (loc.358), the substratum for variance estimation
(loc. 342-343), the secondary sampling unit (344-350), Panel 4 (loc. 352),
and the NSR status variable (loc. 353) to permit the analyst the
capability of using such variance estimation procedures. These variables
and weights are necessary for directly calculating sampling variances.
6. Estimating annual numbers of events or conditions
a. To reduce respondent error, the recall period for questions about
some events is limited to two weeks. These events are: bed days and
other restricted activity days, work loss and school loss days, and
doctor visits. The two-week variables are found in locations 98-107
and 120-121. Estimates of the total number of occurrences of these
events in the population can be derived as follows:
Number of events x 26 (number of two-week
periods in a year) x Final Basic Weight
= Total number of events occurring in the population
during the annual period, i.e. 1996.
Example: Number of bed days (Loc. 100-101) x 26 x Final Basic
Weight (Loc. 219-227) = total number of bed days reported for the
population in 1996.
b. The recall period for acute incidence conditions is also two weeks
and a national estimate of the total number of acute incidence
conditions is calculated using the same procedures as for two-week
events for the annual period.
Number of acute incidence conditions x 26 x Final Basic Weight
= Total number of acute incidence conditions occurring in
the population during 1996.
Note: An acute incidence condition is an acute condition with onset
during the two weeks preceding the date of interview.
c. The recall period for information on hospitalizations is 12 months.
However, in calculating number of discharges (Locations 132-133,
137-138), only discharges occurring in the past 6 months are
counted. Therefore, the weighted estimates must be calculated as
follows:
Number of discharges x 2 x Final Basic Weight
= Total number of discharges occurring in the population
in 1996.
7. Calculation of rates for events and conditions:
The number of events or conditions estimated for the population, as
described in item 6, above, can be used as the basis for calculating rate
of occurrence of these events (or conditions) per person and per 100
persons for the total U.S. population and for various population
subgroups.
Note: Only rates can be estimated from these data. The percent of the
population experiencing a particular type of event during the data year
cannot be estimated. (The percent of the population experiencing the even
in the reporting period (i.e. two weeks or 6 months) can be estimated but
is generally not meaningful.)
8. Data on hospital episodes and days, based on a 12-month recall are in
locations 122-131. The Final Basic Weight is used for calculating
estimates of these events in the same way it is used for all other
person-based variables. These variables do permit estimating thepercent
of the population in this annual period experiencing a hospital episode
in the past year and the percent of that population having a specified
number of hospital days.
9. Guidelines for Citation of Data
With the goal of mutual benefit, the National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS) requests that recipients of data files cooperate in certain actions
related to their use.
Any published material derived from the data should acknowledge NCHS as
the original source. The suggested citation to appear at the bottom of
all tables is as follows:
Source: National Center for Health Statistics (1996)
When cited in a bibliography, the suggested citation should read:
National Center for Health Statistics (1998). Data File Documentation,
National Health Interview Survey of Health Insurance, 1996 (machine
readable data file and documentation), National Center for Health
Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland.
The published material should also include a disclaimer that credits any
analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached to the author
(recipient of the data file) and not to NCHS, which is responsible only
for the initial data. Consumers who wish to publish a technical
description of the data should make a reasonable effort to insure that
the description is not inconsistent with that published by NCHS.
NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY
1996 HEALTH INSURANCE PUBLIC USE FILE
Outline of Items and Codes
63,402 Records
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Locations Item No. Frequency Items and Codes
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1-2 - RECORD TYPE
63,402 85. Health Insurance
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3-4 HH-2 PROCESSING YEAR
63,402 96. 1996
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5-14 Generated HOUSEHOLD ID
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15-16 - PERSON NUMBER
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17-18 - BLANK (Record Serial Number on other
record types)
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19-20 - SAMPLING WEEK CODE (Numbered within
Quarter, location 178)
01. Week 1
02. Week 2
03. Week 3
04. Week 4
05. Week 5
06. Week 6
07. Week 7
08. Week 8
09. Week 9
10. Week 10
11. Week 11
12. Week 12
13. Week 13
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Locations Item No. Frequency Items and Codes
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21 Recode LATE INTERVIEW (OR LAST ATTEMPT) FLAG
36,891 0. Interview not late
18,591 1. One week late
6,372 2. Two weeks late
1,548 3. Unknown
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22-23 HH-11c,d
Housing Unit = (00-07)
1,234 00. Housing unit; kind unknown
58,363 01. House, apartment, flat
37 02. HU in nontransient hotel, motel,
etc.
5 03. HU-permanent in transient hotel,
motel, etc.
20 04. HU in rooming house
3,072 05. Mobile home or trailer with no
permanent room added
450 06. Mobile home or trailer with one
or more permanent rooms added
51 07. HU not specified above
Other Unit = (08-13)
39 08. Quarters not HU in rooming or
boarding house
3 09. Unit not permanent in transient
hotel, motel, etc.
14 10. Unoccupied site for mobile home,
trailer, or tent
90 11. Student quarters in college
dormitory
24 12. Other unit not specified above
0 13. Other unit; kind unknown
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24 HH-12 HAS TELEPHONE
57,080 1. Yes, phone number given
2,558 2. Yes, no phone number given
3,099 3. No
665 4. Unknown
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25 A-1 SEX
30,358 1. Male
33,044 2. Female
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26 - AGE IMPUTED FLAG
63,400 0. Age known
2 1. Age unknown, imputed as 34
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27-28 Person AGE
Column
976 00. Under 1 year
62,241 01-89. Number of years
185 90. 90 years or older
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29 Recode AGE RECODE #1
4,918 1. Under 5 years
13,210 2. 5-17 years
5,568 3. 18-24 years
19,974 4. 25-44 years
12,598 5. 45-64 years
2,213 6. 65-69 years
1,928 7. 70-74 years
2,993 8. 75 years and over
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30 Recode AGE RECODE #2
6,008 1. Under 6 years
11,219 2. 6-16 years
6,469 3. 17-24 years
9,603 4. 25-34 years
10,371 5. 35-44 years
7,673 6. 45-54 years
4,925 7. 55-64 years
4,141 8. 65-74 years
2,993 9. 75 years and over
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31-32 Recode AGE RECODE #3
2,905 00-35. Months
60,497 36. Over 3 years
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33 - MONTH OF BIRTH IMPUTED FLAG
60,272 0. Month known
3,090 1. Month unknown, '8' imputed
40 9. Date of birth unknown
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34-39 A-3 MONTH AND YEAR OF BIRTH
34-35 Month
01. January 08. August
02. February 09. September
03. March 10. October
04. April 11. November
05. May 12. December
06. June 99. Unknown
07. July
36-39 Year of Birth
1905. 1905 and before
1906-1997. 1906-1997
9999. Unknown
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40 Recode HISPANIC ORIGIN IMPUTED FLAG
62,712 0. Hispanic Origin Known
690 1. Hispanic Origin Imputed from
Reference Person
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41-42 A-6 MAIN RACIAL BACKGROUND* - Reported
(see notation for locations 43-45)
46,996 01. White
9,027 02. Black/African American**
482 03. Indian (American)
325 06. Chinese
455 07. Filipino
987 15. Other API (includes Hawaiian, Korean,
Vietnamese, Japanese, Asian Indian,
Samoan, and Guamanian)
3,797 16. Other Race (includes Eskimo and
Aleut)
181 17. Multiple Race
1,152 99. Unknown
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* Some categories may be too small to analyze separately and therefore may
produce unreliable estimates; in addition, counts may not agree with those
produced by the Census Bureau.
** For convenience, the category 'Black/African American' will be shown as
'Black' in all race recode locations throughout the documentation.
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43-45 Recode RACE RECODES
43 Recode 1* Persons whose Main
51,962 1. White Racial Background
9,065 2. Black (location 41-42) was
2,375 3. Other "other" or "unknown"
were classified in the
44 Recode 2 following recodes by
using the racial
51,962 1. White background observed by
11,440 2. Non-white the interviewer. Use
of these recodes is
45 Recode 3 recommended for
estimating statistics
9,065 1. Black for the groups shown
54,337 2. Non-black here.
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46-47 A-5 HISPANIC ORIGIN**
12 00. Multiple Hispanic
1,387 01. Puerto Rican
646 02. Cuban
3,935 03. Mexican-Mexicano
4,391 04. Mexican-American
99 05. Chicano
1,133 06. Other Latin American
1,184 07. Other Spanish
338 08. Spanish, DK type
114 09. Unknown if Spanish origin
50,163 10. Not Spanish origin
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48 L-7 MARITAL STATUS
14,293 0. Under 14 years
28,314 1. Married - spouse in
household
494 2. Married - spouse not in
household
3,022 3. Widowed
3,475 4. Divorced
1,102 5. Separated
12,070 6. Never married
632 7. Unknown
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*This recode is used to define race in the Current Estimates tables.
**If unknown, the family reference person code was imputed. A flag
indicating imputation is in loc. 40 and the relationship to reference
person is in loc. 63.
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49 L-1 VETERAN STATUS
38,331 1. Non-veteran
1,311 3. WW I and WW II
800 4. Korean War
1,715 5. Vietnam veteran
810 6. Post-Vietnam
1,070 7. Other service
163 8. Served in Armed Forces, unknown
if war veteran
1,074 9. Unknown if served in Armed Forces
18,128 Blank. Under 18 years of age
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50 L-1 ACTIVE GUARD/RESERVE STATUS FOR PERSONS
ON ACTIVE DUTY IN ARMED FORCES
38,331 0. Non-veteran
363 1. All service in Guard/Reserve
740 2. Some service in Guard/Reserve
36 3. Unknown if all service in
Guard/Reserve
4,159 4. No active service in Guard/Reserve
1,645 5. Unknown if ever active member in
Guard/Reserve or served in Armed
Forces
18,128 Blank. Under 18 years of age
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51-52 L-2 EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUAL - COMPLETED YEARS
2,628 00. Never attended; kindergarten only
36,181 01-12. Grades 1-12
College:
3,321 13. 1 year
4,433 14. 2 years
1,602 15. 3 years
5,424 16. 4 years
1,039 17. 5 years
2,762 18. 6 years or more
1,094 19. Unknown
4,918 Blank. Under 5 years of age
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53 Recode EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUAL RECODE
2,628 0. None; kindergarten only
12,480 1. 1-8 years (elementary)
7,494 2. 9-11 years (high school)
16,207 3. 12 years (high school graduate)
9,356 4. 1-3 years (college)
5,424 5. 4 years (college graduate)
3,801 6. 5+ years (post-college)
1,094 7. Unknown
4,918 Blank. Under 5 years of age
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54-55 - HIGHEST EDUCATION OF RESPONSIBLE ADULT
FAMILY MEMBER (Detail)
151 00. Never attended; kindergarten only
29,963 01-12. Grades 1-12
College:
4,719 13. 1 year
7,364 14. 2 years
2,688 15. 3 years
9,589 16. 4 years
2,073 17. 5 years
6,048 18. 6 years or more
807 19. Unknown
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56 - HIGHEST EDUCATION OF RESPONSIBLE ADULT
FAMILY MEMBER Recode
151 0. None; kindergarten only
3,807 1. 1-8 years (elementary)
5,471 2. 9-11 years (high school)
20,685 3. 12 years (high school graduate)
14,771 4. 1-3 years (college)
9,589 5. 4 years (college graduate)
8,121 6. 5+ years (post-college)
807 7. Unknown
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57 L-8 FAMILY INCOME $20,000 OR MORE
18,637 1. Less than $20,000
42,177 2. $20,000 or more
2,588 3. Unknown
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58-59 L-8 FAMILY INCOME
243 00. Less than $1,000
366 01. $ 1,000 - $ 1,999
319 02. 2,000 - 2,999
356 03. 3,000 - 3,999
433 04. 4,000 - 4,999
694 05. 5,000 - 5,999
695 06. 6,000 - 6,999
699 07. 7,000 - 7,999
701 08. 8,000 - 8,999
941 09. 9,000 - 9,999
1,132 10. 10,000 - 10,999
705 11. 11,000 - 11,999
1,304 12. 12,000 - 12,999
838 13. 13,000 - 13,999
828 14. 14,000 - 14,999
1,100 15. 15,000 - 15,999
777 16. 16,000 - 16,999
810 17. 17,000 - 17,999
1,042 18. 18,000 - 18,999
1,216 19. 19,000 - 19,999
4,786 20. 20,000 - 24,999
4,130 21. 25,000 - 29,999
4,150 22. 30,000 - 34,999
3,179 23. 35,000 - 39,999
3,180 24. 40,000 - 44,999
2,824 25. 45,000 - 49,999
15,137 26. $50,000 and over
10,817 27. Unknown
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60 Recode FAMILY INCOME RECODE
1,717 0. Under $5,000
1,389 1. $ 5,000 - $ 6,999
2,341 2. 7,000 - 9,999
4,807 3. 10,000 - 14,999
4,945 4. 15,000 - 19,999
4,786 5. 20,000 - 24,999
8,280 6. 25,000 - 34,999
9,183 7. 35,000 - 49,999
15,137 8. $50,000 or more
10,817 9. Unknown
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61 Generated NHIS POVERTY INDEX*
48,720 1. At or above poverty threshold
8,572 2. Below poverty threshold
6,110 3. Unknown
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62-63 FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
62 A-2 Type of Family
6,440 &. Primary individual
684 -. Secondary individual
56,152 0. Primary family
126 1-9. Secondary family
63 A-2 Relationship to Reference Person
6,048 &. Reference person, living alone
18,770 0. Reference person, 2+ persons in
household
13,756 1. Spouse, other spouse NOT in Armed
Forces and living at home
151 2. Spouse, other spouse in Armed
Forces and living at home
21,000 3. Child of reference person or
spouse
1,252 4. Grandchild of reference person or
spouse
645 5. Parent of reference person or
spouse
1,763 6. Other relative
17 7. Child of military family with no
eligible reference person
0 9. DK or refused
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*Based on family size, number of children under 18 years of age and
family income using the 1995 poverty levels derived from the August,
1996 Current Population Survey.
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64 Recode FAMILY RELATIONSHIP RECODE
6,048 1. Living alone
1,076 2. Living only with non-relative
28,297 3. Living with spouse
27,981 4. Living with relative - other
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65-66 Generated SIZE OF FAMILY*
Unrelated individuals are coded 01
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67 Generated SIZE OF FAMILY RECODE
62,665 1-8. Number of members
737 9. 9+ members
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68 A-2 PARENT/OTHER ADULT RELATIVE (under 25
years old and never married)
13,233 1. Both parents, no other relative
3,521 2. Mother only
324 3. Father only
1,835 4. Both parents and other 21+ year
old adult relative
1,271 5. Mother and other 21+ year old
adult relative
152 6. Father and other 21+ year old
adult relative
281 7. No parent, but one 21+ year old
adult relative
427 8. No parent, but two or more 21+
year old adult relatives
164 9. Unknown
849 0. Other
41,345 Blank. Not applicable (25+ years old or
ever married)
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*Count includes spouse in military but living at home.
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69 B-1 MAJOR ACTIVITY (18+ years old)
B-8
28,283 1. Working
7,516 2. Keeping house
2,504 3. Going to school
6,513 4. Something else
458 5. Unknown
18,128 Blank. Not applicable (Under 18 years)
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70 G-4 HEALTH STATUS
22,720 1. Excellent
18,116 2. Very Good
15,237 3. Good
4,899 4. Fair
1,697 5. Poor
733 6. Unknown
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71 Recode ACTIVITY LIMITATION STATUS*- (all ages)
3,018 1. Unable to perform major activity
3,343 2. Limited in kind/amount major
activity
2,727 3. Limited in other activities
54,314 4. Not limited (includes unknowns)
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72 Recode ACTIVITY LIMITATION STATUS MEASURED BY
"ABILITY TO WORK" (18-69 years)
2,829 1. Unable to work
1,765 2. Limited in kind/amount of work
1,490 3. Limited in other activities
34,269 4. Not limited (includes unknowns)
23,049 Blank. Not applicable (under 18 years,
70+ years)
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*This location is used to categorize persons with limitation of activity in the
Current Estimates tables.
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73 B-11 LIMITATION OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (5-17 yrs)
81 1. Unable to attend school
438 2. Attends special school/classes
74 3. Needs special school/classes
124 4. Limited in school attendance
282 5. Limited in other activities
12,211 6. Not limited (includes unknowns)
50,192 Blank. Not applicable (Under 5 years or
18+ years)
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74 B-14 NEEDS HELP WITH PERSONAL CARE (5-59 years
old and limited, or age 60-69 years)*
408 1. Unable to perform personal care
needs
822 2. Limited in performing other
routine needs
8,488 3. Not limited in performing personal
or routine needs
404 4. Unknown
53,280 Blank. Not applicable (Under 5 years;
5-59 years not limited; 70+ years
old)
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*For persons 70+ years, use location 71 to analyze 'Needs Help With Personal
Care'; codes 1 and 2 in location 71 correspond to codes 1 and 2 in location
74.
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75 D-1 EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN PAST 2 WEEKS
(18+ years)
In the Labor Force: (1-7)
Currently employed: (1-3)
28,767 1. Worked in past 2 weeks
494 2. Did not work, has job; not on
lay-off and not looking for work
28 3. Did not work, has job; looking
for work
Unemployed: (4-7)
93 4. Did not work, has job; on lay-off
6 5. Did not work, has job; on lay-off
and looking for work
200 6. Did not work, has job; un known if
looking or on lay-off
960 7. Did not work, has no job;
looking for work or on lay-off
Not in Labor Force (18+ years): (8)
14,726 8. Not in labor force (18+ years)
18,128 Blank. Not applicable (Under 18 years
old)
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76 L-6 CLASS OF WORKER
14,726 0. Not in labor force
21,596 1. Private company
756 2. Federal Government employee
1,388 3. State Government employee
2,369 4. Local Government employee
789 5. Incorporated business
2,615 6. Self-employed
29 7. Without pay
35 8. Never worked
971 9. Unknown
18,128 Blank. Under 18
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77-79 BLANK
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80-81 Recode INDUSTRY RECODE 1
SEE APPENDIX B
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82-83 Recode INDUSTRY RECODE 2
SEE APPENDIX B
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84-86 BLANK
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