American Community Survey (ACS)

Types of Health Insurance

Here you can find the definitions of the major types of health insurance.

Glossary

Official definitions pertaining to Health Insurance.

Health Insurance Questions Asked in the ACS

Questionnaire Archive

Browse sample American Community Survey questionnaires in English and Spanish with instruction guides - 1996 through present.

Technical Documentation

Find information supporting the ACS data, including documentation for code lists, subject definitions, user notes, errata notes, PUMS, and Summary File.

Programming Code for Health Insurance Estimates

ACS Estimates Of The Number Of Insured and Uninsured

This shows how we create health insurance estimates for the different types of coverage reported in our tables and reports.

ACS Health Insurance Coverage Recoding Programming Code

This is how our computer program takes key edited health insurance variables and recodes them into the variables we use often to prepare our tables and reports.