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Phone: Health Insurance

Graduate Spouse Access to Health Insurance
                     

BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

     astotre           Total number of health insurance plans

     asprvre           Total number of private health insurance plans
     
     as600re           Covered by Medicare

     aspubre           Total number of public/government health insurance plans

     ashhirec          Type of health insurance (hierarchy from CTS)

astotre: How many insurance plans--either public or private--are you currently covered by?

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_s10

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 REFUSED 13 8 21
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 7 7
0 17 47 64
1 356 1453 1809
2 1204 505 1709
3 188 55 243
4 22 7 29
5 5 0 5
6 1 0 1
7 1 0 1
10 1 0 1

asprvre: How many health insurance plans do you have that you either purchased privately, obtained through a labor union, or obtained through your employer or someone else's? Please do not include any military plans. Do include Medicare Supplemental Plans.

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_s20

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 REFUSED 1 2 3
-2 13 8 21
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 7 7
0 229 168 397
1 1424 1736 3160
2 119 143 262
3 17 15 32
4 2 3 5
5 2 0 2
9 1 0 1

as600re: Are you covered by Medicare?

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_s30

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-2 13 8 21
-1 DON'T KNOW 3 1 4
1 YES 1490 420 1910
2 NO 302 1653 1955

aspubre: Including Medicare, how many public/government health insurance programs are you covered by?

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_s40

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-2 13 8 21
-1 DON'T KNOW 2 5 7
0 278 1529 1807
1 1308 499 1807
2 200 38 238
3 7 3 10

ashhirec: Type of health insurance

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_s50, h_s60

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 13 15 28
1 MEDICARE 93 32 125
2 MEDICARE & PRIVATE 1296 366 1662
3 MEDICARE & OTHER PUBLIC 100 21 121
4 PRIVATE 269 1531 1800
5 PUBLIC 20 69 89
6 UNINSURED 17 47 64

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