Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
89
|
86
|
84
|
83
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | NIU | · | · | · | X |
| 10 | No lost coverage | X | X | X | X |
| 20 | Lost coverage | · | · | · | · |
| 21 | Lost coverage but not without insurance | X | X | X | X |
| 22 | Lost coverage, no insurance but covered by hcare program | X | X | X | X |
| 23 | Lost coverage, no insurance, not covered by hcare program | X | X | X | X |
| 24 | Lost coverage, unknown if no insurance | · | X | X | X |
| 25 | Lost coverage, no insurance, unknown if covered by hcare program | · | X | X | X |
| 26 | Lost coverage, unknown if covered by other insurance or hcare program | X | · | · | · |
| 99 | Unknown if lost coverage | · | X | X | X |
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Description
For persons age 18 and over who lost their job or were laid off in the last 12 months, HICOVR is a recoded variable indicating: a) whether the person lost health insurance coverage as a result of the job loss; b) if the person was subsequently without any health insurance; or c) if the person was covered by any public health programs (such as Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or military benefit programs).
Comparability
Apart from changes in the survey quarters in which this question was asked, HICOVR is comparable over time. Using the prescribed IPUMS NHIS weights eliminates comparability issues related to survey design.
Because the universe for HICOVR pertains to persons who lost their job, it is not comparable with the variables HICOVSTAT (1993 to 1996) or HICOVER (1997 to 1999). These are recoded variables for all persons.
Universe
- 1983: All persons in quarters 3 and 4.
- 1984; 1986; 1989: All persons.
Availability
- 1983-1984, 1986, 1989
Survey Text
| 1989 |
| 1986 |
| 1984 |
| 1983 |
[] No (Supplement Booklet)
[] DK (Supplement Booklet)
b. Who was this? ____
Mark "Lost coverage" box in person's column.
c. Anyone else?
[] No
Refer to 19b and mark appropriate box.
2 [] Did not lose coverage (NP)
20a. For ANYTIME during (that/those) job layoff(s) or job loss(es), was -- without any type of health insurance coverage? (Do not include health care programs such as Medicare, AFDC, or military benefit programs, as health insurance coverage.)
2 [] No (21)
21a. For ANYTIME during [that/those] job layoff(s) or job loss(es), was -- covered by any health care program, such as Medicaid, AFDC, or a military benefit program?
2 [] No (NP)
[] No (M4)
[] DK (M4)
b. Who was this?
Mark "Lost coverage" box in person's column.
c. Anyone else?
[] No
20a. For anytime during (that/those) job layoff(s), was -- without any type of health insurance coverage? [Do not include health care programs such as Medicare, AFDC, or military benefit programs, as health insurance coverage.]
2[] No (NP)
b. For how long was -- without some type of health insurance coverage?
(How many months is that?)
Months ____
21a. For anytime during [that/those] job layoff(s) or job loss(es), was --covered by any health care program, such as Medicaid, AFDC, or a military benefit program?
2[] No (NP)
[] No (Next page)
[] DK (Next page)
b. Who was this?
Mark "Lost coverage" box in person's column.
c. Anyone else?
[] No
21a. For anytime during [that/those] job layoff(s) or job loss(es), was -- covered by any health care program, such as Medicaid, AFDC, or a military benefit program?
2[] No
Weights
- 1984, 1986, 1989 : PERWEIGHT
- 1983 : SAMPWEIGHT