Dataset: The Health of Houston Survey 2018

Variable unin_rsn: Reason uninsured, adult [S]

Literal Question

AHI_11a/b. What is the one main reason why you did/do not have any health insurance during that time?

Descriptive Text

The reasons for uninsurance were collapsed into groups primarily based on the categories used in 2010. The universe for this variable includes all adult respondents age 18 and older who reported no insurance for part or all of the past 12 months.

Values Categories N NW
1 Cost/Could not afford 623 479,708.6
 46.7%
2 Working status ineligible 263 191,247.1
 18.6%
3 Ineligible due to citizenship/immigration 60 60,909.0
 5.9%
4 Choose not to have Insurance 151 117,555.7
 11.4%
5 Other ineligibility issues 26 23,983.2
 2.3%
6 Found the process of enrolling in a place 50 37,896.6
 3.7%
7 Family situation/switched companies 100 71,294.1
 6.9%
8 Other 59 44,159.9
 4.3%
-9 Don't Know/Refused 71 54,235.8
-8 Not in Universe 5807 3,515,051.4
-7 Suspended 0 0.0

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 1332 1026754.107
Missing cases 5878 3569287.213
Standard deviation 2.189 2.157
This variable is numeric

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