WLS Codebooks

Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.

Mail: Health Insurance Coverage

Sibling Mail: Health Insurance Coverage Module

OVERVIEW

Although new to the 2011 mail survey, the Health Insurance Coverage section is
similar in scope to the Access to Health Care and Insurance Module of the 2005
telephone interview. The mail questionnaire begins by determining all types of
health insurance the participant and their spouse - if applicable - are
currently covered under. These types can be organized into three categories:
(1) government or public health insurance that covers hospital costs or the
costs of visits to the doctor; (2) private health insurance that works with,
supplements, or replaces Medicare coverage to cover hospital costs or the costs
of visits to the doctor; and (3) private health insurance that does not
supplement or replace Medicare coverage to cover hospital costs or the costs of
visits to the doctor. Next, the questionnaire determines whether the
participant and/or their spouse are covered by any prescription drug insurance
plans. Here, coverage under the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan is given
particular emphasis. If the participant is enrolled in a Medicare Part D
prescription drug plan, they are asked how much - if anything - they pay in
premiums for it, how they selected their particular plan, how important various
factors were in their selection of it, and their satisfaction with and
confidence in it. If the participant is not enrolled in a Medicare Part D
prescription drug plan, they are asked about their reasons for not signing up.
The questionnaire concludes by asking a series of questions about long-term
care insurance initially introduced during the Health Behaviors section of the
2005 mail survey. 

For the sake of comparison, see also the 2005 CATI administered Access to
Health Care and Insurance Module.  

For more details on the coding of insurance plans for the 2011 wave please see
cor1026 in Appendix P

BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily 
    alphabetical.
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    PINS01RE-PINS09OS:		  Participant's Coverage Under Various Types
    				  of Government or Public Health Insurance
    
    PINS10RE-PINS18OS:		  Participant's Spouse's Coverage Under 
    				  Various Types of Government or Public 
    				  Health Insurance
    				  
    PINS19RE-PINS21OS:		  Participant's Coverage Under Various Types
    				  of Private Health Insurance That 
    				  Supplement or Replace Medicare

    PINS22RE-PINS24OS:		  Participant's Spouse's Coverage Under 
    				  Various Types of Private Health Insurance
    				  That Supplement or Replace Medicare
    
    PINS25RE-PINS27OS:		  Participant's Coverage Under Various Types
    				  of Private Health Insurance That Do Not
    				  Supplement or Replace Medicare
    				  
    PINS28RE-PINS30OS:		  Participant's Spouse's Coverage Under
    				  Various Types of Private Health Insurance
    				  That Do Not Supplement or Replace Medicare
    
    PINS31RE-PINS35OS:		  Participant's Coverage Under Various
    				  Prescription Drug Insurance Plans
    
    PINS36RE-PINS40OS:    	  Participant's Spouse's Coverage Under 
    				  Various Prescription Drug Insurance Plans
    
    PINS41RE-PINS42RE:		  Is Participant or Their Spouse Enrolled in
    				  A Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan?
    				  
    PINS43RE-PIN490RE:		  Importance of Specific Reasons to
    				  Participant's Decision Not to Sign Up For
    				  A Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan

    PIN500RE-PIN501RE:		  Indicators for Whether Participant Provided
    			  	  the Names of Their Medicare Part D
    			  	  Prescription Drug Plan and the Insurance
    			  	  Company Associated With It
    
    PINS50RE:			  How Did the Participant Select Their Current
    				  Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan?
    
    PINS51RE-PINS58RE:		  Importance of Specific Reasons to 
    				  Participant's Selection of Their Medicare 
    				  Part D Prescription Drug Plan
    
    PINS59RE-PINS60RE:		  Participant's Usage of the Internet to 
    				  Select Their Medicare Part D Prescription
    				  Drug Plan
    				  
    PINS61RE-PINS64RE:		  Characteristics of the Premium Participant 
    				  Pays For Their Medicare Part D Prescription
    				  Drug Plan 
    
    PINS65RE-PINS67RE:		  Satisfaction With, Confidence In, and 
    				  Likelihood of Switching Medicare Part D
    				  Prescription Drug Plan
    
    PXHI58RE-PXHI65RE:		  Long-Term Care Insurance

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