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2015 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2011 - 2015
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PRI_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Metadata
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Public health insurance coverage (PR2015A_HCOVPUB)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 527
End: 527
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Person 1 (continued)</span></p>

<p>16. Is this person currently covered by any of the following types of health insurance or health coverage plans?</p>
<div class="i1">Mark yes or no for each type of coverage in items a - h.<br /><br />a. Insurance through a current or former employer or union (of this person or another family member)</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">b. Insurance purchased directly from an insurance company (by this person or another family member)</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">c. Medicare, for people 65 and older, or people with certain disabilities</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">d. Medicaid, Medical assistance, or any kind of government-assistance plan for those with low incomes or a disability</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">e. Tricare or other military health care</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">f. VA (including those who have ever used or enrolled for VA health care)</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">g. Indian health service</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">h. Any other type of health insurance or health coverage plan - specify</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No<br /><br />________</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Without public health insurance coverage
2 Yes
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 public health insurance coverage.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2015: All persons

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