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Help for CPS ASEC Health Insurance Data Users
Types of Health Insurance
- Chart: Types of health insurance coverage
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- Definitions: Definitions of the major types of health insurance
Health Insurance Questions Asked in the CPS ASEC
- Flow chart: health insurance questions in sequence
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(The flow chart shows the sequence of health insurance questions asked during the interview, including
the instrument variable name for each question.)
- Questionnaire: a link to CPS Technical Documents and the questionnaire
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(A facsimile of the supplement questionnaire is included in the technical documentation for each
CPS annual supplement since 1999.)
Health Insurance Variables in the CPS ASEC
- Alphabetical listing: the health
insurance variable names as listed on the Public Use Microdata Files
(An alphabetical listing of health insurance edited, recoded, and imputation variables, including variable
definitions.)
- Flow chart: major health insurance variables
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(A chart showing questionnaire items, their edited variables, and the principle recode variables we use to
calculate estimates of the number of people uninsured and insured.)
- Data Dictionaries: a link to CPS Technical Documents and the data dictionary
(The technical documentation for each CPS annual supplement includes a data dictionary which describes the
contents and record layout of the public-use computer tape files, including
variable names, universes, and values.)
Programming Code for Health Insurance Estimates
Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
ask.census.gov for further information on Health Insurance Data.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: August 26, 2008