Variable h_ins_ad: Health insurance type, adult [C]

Literal Question

The variable was created from multiple survey questions, specifically L1a.-L1j., L2. and L2a.

Descriptive Text

The Type of Insurance variable was calculated from a series of yes/no questions including multiple types of insurance. Insurance types include private (self/employer purchased and TRICARE/Champus), Medicare, other public (Medicaid, Champ VA, VA) and no insurance. Respondents with multiple types of insurance were counted only once based on common rates of insurance from the ACS. For respondents less than 65 years old with multiple insurance types, precedence was given in the following order: 1) "Private" 2) "Other Public" and 3) “Medicare”, which is rare coverage for adults under 65 years. For respondents 65 and over the order was: 1) “Medicare”, 2) "Private", and 3) "Other Public." For example, if a respondent was over 65 and had "Medicare" and "Private" insurance they were counted as "Medicare." The universe for this variable includes all adults age 18 and older.

Values	Categories	N	NW
0	Not insured	1175	888,942.9	30.7%
1	Private insurance	2783	1,455,801.4	50.3%
2	Medicare	849	328,182.2	11.3%
3	Other Public	309	223,968.9	7.7%
-1	NIU child	1378	1,188,993.7

Summary Statistics

Valid cases	5116	2896895.301
Missing cases	1378	1188993.699
This variable is numeric

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