Health Insurance Data from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC)

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Health Insurance Data from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC)

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Health Insurance Coverage Measurement in the CPS ASEC and the ACS

September 10, 2019

Types of Health Insurance

The chart shows the types of health insurance coverage.

Types of Health Insurance [<1.0 MB]

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

Health Insurance Glossary

Official definitions pertaining to Health Insurance.

Health Insurance Questions in the CPS ASEC

The flow chart shows the sequence of health insurance questions asked during the interview, including the instrument variable name for each question.

Flow Chart [<1.0 MB]

2015 CPS Supplement Technical Documentation

Technical documentation for CPS supplemental modules collected in 2015.

Health Insurance Variables in the CPS ASEC

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.

Health Insurance Variables in the CPS ASEC Flow Chart [<1.0 MB]

Complete Technical Documentation

In-depth documentation of the CPS and its supplements.

CPS ASEC Health Insurance Variables

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.

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]
CHAMP	Covered by Tricare, Champus, VA, or military health care [yes/no]
CH-HI	Child, private health insurance status
CH-MC	Child covered by medicare/Medicaid [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)
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]
HI-YN	Was person (15 or older) covered by a private health insurance plan? [yes/no]
IAHIPER	Imputation item: AHIPER
IAHITYP	Imputation item: AHITYP
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
IHSFLG	Covered by Indian Heath Service? [yes/no]
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
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]