Dataset: The Health of Houston Survey 2018

Variable unrsn_ch: Reason uninsured, child [S]

Literal Question

CHI_3. What is the one main reason the child does not have any health insurance?

Descriptive Text

The reasons for uninsurance were collapsed into groups primarily based on the categories used in 2010. The universe for this variable includes children age 0 to 17 who were not currently covered by any health insurance or health coverage plans.

Values Categories N NW
1 Cost/Could not afford 43 37,292.2
 30.4%
2 Ineligible due to parent/guardian work status 11 8,969.1
 7.3%
3 Ineligible due to citizenship/immigration 20 23,687.2
 19.3%
4 Paperwork or processing problems 19 18,329.1
 14.9%
5 Multiple or Other reasons 41 34,577.3
 28.1%
-9 Don't know/Refuse 13 11,241.1
-8 Not in universe 7056 4,457,284.2
-7 Interview suspended 7 4,661.2

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 134 122854.801
Missing cases 7076 4473186.518
Standard deviation 1.659 1.6
This variable is numeric

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