U.S. Census Bureau
 Health Insurance




Health Insurance Data


 Alphabetical Listing of Edited and Recoded Health Insurance Variables

 

Variable            Variable Definition                                                                   

 

AHIPER                Verification: does person who earlier reported no coverage have coverage? [yes/no]

AHITYP1               Health insurance plan type (where previously no coverage reported)                   

AHITYP2               Health insurance plan type (where previously no coverage reported)                   

AHITYP3               Health insurance plan type (where previously no coverage reported)                   

AHITYP4               Health insurance plan type (where previously no coverage reported)                   

AHITYP5               Health insurance plan type (where previously no coverage reported)                   

AHITYP6               Health insurance plan type (where previously no coverage reported)                   

CAID                     Covered by (medicaid or state’s Medicaid name) [yes/no]                                  

CARE                   Covered by medicare             [yes/no]                                                                    

CH-HI                    Child, private health insurance status                                                                         

CH-MC                 Child covered by medicare/Medicaid [yes/no]                                                          

CHAMP                Covered by Tricare, Champus, VA, or military health care [yes/no]

COV-GH               Covered by employment-based (group) health insurance plan [yes/no]              

COV-HI                 Covered by private health insurance plan [yes/no]                                      

DEPHI                   Dependent covered by employment-based health insurance plan                

DEPRIV                Dependent covered by direct-purchase health insurance plan    

HI                           Covered by employer or union health insurance plan (policyholder)                       

HI-YN                     Was person (15 or older) covered by a private health insurance plan? [yes/no]

HIEMP                  Health insurance plan offered through employer or union  

HILIN1                   First policyholder of employment-based health insurance plan

HILIN2                   Second policyholder of  employment-based health insurance plan

HIOUT                   Employer or union plan covered someone outside the household

HIOWN                  Was person the policyholder of the private health insurance plan?

HIPAID                  Health plan portion paid by employer or union [all/some/none]

HITYP                    Health insurance plan type [family or self only]

I-CAID                   Imputation item: CAID

I-CARE                 Imputation item: CARE

I-DEPH                 Imputation item: DEPHI

I-DEPRIV              Imputation item: DEPRIV

I-HI                         Imputation item: HI

I-HIOUT                 Imputation item: HIOUT

I-MON                    Imputation item: MON

I-OSTPER             Imputation item: OTHSTPER

I-OSTYP                Imputation items: OTHSTYP1 - OTHSTYP6

I-OTH                     Imputation item: OTH

I-OTYP                   Imputation items: OTYP-1 to OTYP-5                                                         

I-OUT                     Imputation item: OUT                                                                           

I-PAID                    Imputation item: PAID                                                                          

I-PCHIP                 Imputation item: PCHIP                                                           

I-POUT                  Imputation item: POUT                                                                                    

I-PRIV                    Imputation item: PRIV                                                                          

IAHIPER                Imputation item: AHIPER                                                         

IAHITYP                 Imputation item: AHITYP                                                          

IHSFLG                 Covered by Indian Heath Service? [yes/no]          

MCAID                  Medicaid coverage [yes/no]                                                                                  

MCARE                Medicare coverage [yes/no]                                                                                  

MON                      Number of months covered by medicaid (or state name)                                       

OTH                       Covered by a military health plan or the Indian Health Service? [yes/no] 

OTHSTPER          Covered by a State-specific health plan or any other health plan? [yes/no]          

OTHSTYP1           Other type of health insurance (medicare, medicaid, military, private, etc…)

OTHSTYP2           Other type of health insurance (medicare, medicaid, military, private, etc…)

OTHSTYP3           Other type of health insurance (medicare, medicaid, military, private, etc…) 

OTHSTYP4           Other type of health insurance (medicare, medicaid, military, private, etc…) 

OTHSTYP5           Other type of health insurance (medicare, medicaid, military, private, etc…)

OTHSTYP6           Other type of health insurance (medicare, medicaid, military, private, etc…)

OTYP-1                  Covered by Tricare/Champus? [yes/no]                                                           

OTYP-2                  Covered by CHAMPVA? [yes/no]                                                                                  

OTYP-3                  Covered by VA or military health care? [yes/no]                                                          

OTYP-4                  Covered by Indian Health Service? [yes/no]          

OTYP-5                  Covered by (any) other (military health care)? [yes/no]

OUT                        Covered by the health plan of someone not in this household? [yes/no]          

PAID                       Portion of health insurance paid by employer/union? [all/part/none]

PCHIP                    Child covered by a state's Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)           

PILIN1                     First policyholder of direct-purchase private insurance plan    

PILIN2                     Second policyholder of direct-purchase private insurance plan

POUT                      Private plan covered someone outside the household                                         

PRITYP                   Private health insurance plan type [family plan/self only]                                                

PRIV                       Covered by a private health insurance plan purchased directly (policyholder)


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 07, 2004