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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
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Sep 03, 2025
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Health insurance through Medicare (PR2015A_HINSCARE)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 529
End: 529
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
16. Is this person currently covered by any of the following types of health insurance or health coverage plans?</p>
<div class="i1">c. Medicare, for people 65 and older, or people with certain disabilities</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No insurance through Medicare
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 health insurance through Medicare.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2015: All persons

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