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Component Description

The Health Insurance questionnaire (variable name prefix HIQ) provides respondent-level interview data on insurance coverage.

Eligible Sample

All participants were eligible.

Interview Setting and Mode of Administration

These questions were asked, in the home or by telephone, by trained interviewers using the Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) system. A proxy provided information for survey participants who were under 16 years of age and for individuals who could not answer the questions themselves. The respondent selected the language of interview (English or Spanish) or requested that an interpreter be used.

The questionnaire and information about the interview procedures are available on the NHANES website.

Quality Assurance & Quality Control

The CAPI system is programmed with built-in consistency checks to reduce data entry errors. CAPI also uses online help screens to assist interviewers in defining key terms used in the questionnaire.

After collection, interview data were reviewed by the NHANES field office staff for accuracy and completeness of selected items. The interviewers were required to audio-record interviews and the recorded interviews were reviewed by NCHS staff and interviewer supervisors.

Data Processing and Editing

The data were reviewed for completeness, consistency, and illogical values. To reduce the risk of disclosure, the response “Indian Health Services” for kind of health care coverage was recoded to “Other Government Program”.

Analytic Notes

Since the questionnaire was asked during the household interview, the interview sample weights should be used in the analysis. However, if the data is joined with data from the Mobile Exam Center (MEC), the MEC sample weights should be used. Please refer to the Analytic Guidelines and the NHANES Tutorials for the use of sample weights and other analytic issues.

Codebook and Frequencies

SEQN - Respondent sequence number

Variable Name:
SEQN
SAS Label:
Respondent sequence number
English Text:
Respondent sequence number.
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS

HIQ011 - Covered by health insurance

Variable Name:
HIQ011
SAS Label:
Covered by health insurance
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan? [Include health insurance obtained through employment or purchased directly as well as government programs like Medicare and Medicaid that provide medical care or help pay medical bills.]
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
1 Yes 11007 11007
2 No 864 11871
7 Refused 10 11881
9 Don't know 29 11910
. Missing 23 11933

HIQ032A - Covered by private insurance

Variable Name:
HIQ032A
SAS Label:
Covered by private insurance
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by private insurance?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
1 Covered by private insurance 5827 5827
77 Refused 13 5840
99 Don't know 107 5947
. Missing 5986 11933

HIQ032B - Covered by Medicare

Variable Name:
HIQ032B
SAS Label:
Covered by Medicare
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by Medicare?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
2 Covered by Medicare 2776 2776
. Missing 9157 11933

HIQ032C - Covered by Medi-Gap

Variable Name:
HIQ032C
SAS Label:
Covered by Medi-Gap
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by Medi-Gap?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
3 Covered by Medi-Gap 201 201
. Missing 11732 11933

HIQ032D - Covered by Medicaid

Variable Name:
HIQ032D
SAS Label:
Covered by Medicaid
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by Medicaid?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
4 Covered by Medicaid 2565 2565
. Missing 9368 11933

HIQ032E - Covered by CHIP

Variable Name:
HIQ032E
SAS Label:
Covered by CHIP
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program)?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
5 Covered by CHIP 94 94
. Missing 11839 11933

HIQ032F - Covered by military health care

Variable Name:
HIQ032F
SAS Label:
Covered by military health care
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by military health plan (Tricare/VA/Champ-VA)?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
6 Covered by military health care 370 370
. Missing 11563 11933

HIQ032H - Covered by state-sponsored health plan

Variable Name:
HIQ032H
SAS Label:
Covered by state-sponsored health plan
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by state-sponsored health plan?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
8 Covered by state-sponsored health plan 1120 1120
. Missing 10813 11933

HIQ032I - Covered by other government insurance

Variable Name:
HIQ032I
SAS Label:
Covered by other government insurance
English Text:
{Are you/Is SP} covered by other government insurance?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
9 Covered by other government insurance 451 451
. Missing 11482 11933

HIQ210 - Time when no insurance in past year?

Variable Name:
HIQ210
SAS Label:
Time when no insurance in past year?
English Text:
In the past 12 months, was there any time when {you/SP} did not have any health insurance coverage?
Target:
Both males and females 0 YEARS - 150 YEARS
Code or Value Value Description Count Cumulative Skip to Item
1 Yes 455 455
2 No 10529 10984
7 Refused 2 10986
9 Don't know 19 11005
. Missing 928 11933