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2010 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2006 - 2010
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USA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Health insurance through Medicare (US2010A_HINSCARE)

Data file: USA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 994
End: 994
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a=" US10A697 US10A698" v="US10A697 US10A698 US10A699 US10A700 US10A701 US10A702 US10A703 US10A704 US10A705 US10A706">16. Is this person currently covered by any of the following types of health insurance or health coverage plans? Mark "Yes" or "No" for each type of coverage in items a - h. Yes No <br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US10A704">c) Medicare, for people 65 and older, or people with certain disabilities <br /><div class="i1">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No insurance through Medicare
2 Has insurance through Medicare
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has health insurance through Medicare.
Universe
United States 2010: All persons

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