Codes and Frequencies
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Description
For sample adults and sample children whose health insurance plan type was reassigned from public (either state sponsored health plan or other government program) to private (HIPRIVATEE, PREASSGNFL), HIPRVEXCHNG indicates if the person's health insurance was obtained through a state or federal insurance marketplace (e.g., Healthcare.gov or a state Health Insurance Marketplace). Prior to 2019, HIPRVEXCHNG was asked of all persons.
New questions were added to the Health Insurance section of the NHIS Family core in 2014 to obtain details about whether plans (both private and public) were obtained through Healthcare.gov or the person's state Health Insurance Marketplace, whether there is an enrollment fee or premium (public plans only), and whether the premium is based on income (expanded to include public plans). For more information on these questions, please refer to MCAIDXCHG.
[show more]This variable is recoded from verbatim variables that indicate the complete name of the first health insurance plan the person has.
The NHIS asked respondents to choose what type of health insurance or health care coverage they had, including those that pay for only one type of service (nursing home care, accidents, or dental care) and excluding private plans that only provide extra cash while hospitalized from a set of choices. The information above was recorded in a categorical variable. In addition, persons were asked to specify what kind of health insurance they have verbally and the information was recorded as a series of verbatim variables. By comparing the categorical variable and the verbatim variables, some responses for the health insurance or health care coverage type could be reassigned when making the edited version of health cover type variables.
Comparability
Prior to 2019, this variable is comparable over time. The NHIS questionnaire was substantially redesigned in 2019 to introduce a different data collection structure and new content. For more information on changes in terminology, universes, and data collection methods beginning in 2019, please see the user note.
Universe
- 2014-2018: All persons with plan reassigned from public to private
- 2019-2022: Sample adults 18+ and sample children 0-17 whose plan was reassigned from public to private (HIPRIVATEE, PREASSGNFL)
- 2019-2023: Sample adults 18+ and sample children 0-17 whose plan was reassigned from public to private (HIPRIVATEE, PREASSGNFL)
Availability
- 2014-2023
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Weights
- 2014-2018 : PERWEIGHT
- 2019-2023 : SAMPWEIGHT