Description

For persons in families with at least one private health insurance plan, HI1VARSS indicates whether the first plan mentioned pays for a variety of health care services or only one type of service, such as dental, vision, or prescriptions.

Details about the characteristics of insurance plans (such as HI1VARSS) reflect plans for any family member in the household. In order to determine if the person (rather than someone else in the family) was covered by this plan, analysts should use the variable HI1PCOV (Health Insurance Plan 1: Person's Coverage Status), which indicates whether the person was covered by the plan.

Information was collected on up to four plans per family.

Please use the IPUMS NHIS drop down menu and search functions for other related variables.

The definition, order, and wording of private health insurance changed over time to reflect changes in the availability of different types of coverage and issues of interest. Users are strongly encouraged to review the user notes Insurance Data Collection and Private Insurance Definitions.

Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 1993-1996

Weights

• 1994-1996 : PERWEIGHT
• 1993 : SAMPWEIGHT