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Help for CPS ASEC Health Insurance Data Users
Types of Health Insurance
- Chart: Types of health insurance coverage
- Definitions: Definitions of the major types of health insurance
Health Insurance Questions Asked in the CPS ASEC
- Flow chart: health insurance questions in sequence
(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
(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
(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
