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This document shows how we
create health insurance estimates for the different types of coverage reported
in our tables and reports. You can use
the code to duplicate our published estimates (for any year since the March
1988 CPS), or as a starting point to generate estimates based on a
sub-population of your own interest.
Health insurance coverage status
if cov_hi = 1 or mcare = 1 or mcaid = 1 or
champ = 1 then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered/insured
2 =
not covered/uninsured
Note: If you are using data from 1994
CPS or earlier years, substitute this variation:
if
cov_hi = 1 or mcare = 1 or mcaid = 1 or champ = 1 or ch_mc = 1 or ch_hi=
1 or ch_hi = 2 then assign 1 else assign 2
Private health insurance (coverage through an
employment-based or direct-purchase plan)
if
cov_hi =1 then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered by private health insurance
2 =
not covered by private health insurance
Note: If you are using data from 1994
CPS or earlier years, substitute this variation:
if cov_hi =1 or ch_hi =1 or ch_hi = 2
then assign 1
else assign 2
Employment-based health
insurance (provided through employer or union)
if
cov_gh = 1 or ch_hi = 2 then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered by employment-based health insurance
2 =
not covered by health insurance
Direct-purchase
health insurance (purchased by an
individual from a private insurance company)
if
priv = 1 or depriv = 1 or othstyp* = (12 or 13) or ahityp* = (12, 13, or 15)
then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered by direct-purchase health insurance
2 =
not covered by direct-purchase health insurance
Note: If you are using data from the
2000 CPS, substitute this variation:
if priv = 1 or depriv = 1 or othstyp* =
(11 or 12) or ahityp* = (11, 12, or 14) then assign 1
else assign 2
Note: If you are using data from the
1999 CPS or earlier years, substitute this variation:
if priv = 1 or depriv = 1 or othstyp* =
(11 or 12) then assign 1
else assign 2
Government health insurance programs
if
mcare = 1 or mcaid =1 or ch_mc = 1 or champ = 1 then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered by a government health insurance program
2 =
not covered by a government health insurance program
Medicare
if
mcare = 1 then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered by Medicare
2 =
not covered by Medicare
Medicaid (includes
coverage by any state-sponsored plan: medicaid, schip, or other state plan)
if
mcaid = 1 or ch_mc = 1 then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered by Medicaid
2 =
not covered by Medicaid
Military health care (includes coverage by TRICARE, CHAMPUS, CHAMPVA, VA, or military health
care)
if
champ = 1 then assign 1
else
assign 2
1 =
covered by a military health care plan
2 =
not covered by a military health care plan
* interviewers can
report up to 6 coverage types per respondent from the question.
