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Health Insurance Data from the American Community Survey (ACS)

Health Insurance Data from the American Community Survey (ACS)

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American Community Survey
CPS-ASEC Health Insurance 2014 Redesign
CPS-ASEC Health Insurance, 2014 Redesign, Selected Variables 2019-
Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Programming Code
Re-run 2008 1-Year American Community Survey Data Products
Revised CPS-ASEC Health Insurance Data (March 2007)
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American Community Survey
CPS-ASEC Health Insurance 2014 Redesign
CPS-ASEC Health Insurance, 2014 Redesign, Selected Variables 2019-
Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Programming Code
Re-run 2008 1-Year American Community Survey Data Products
Revised CPS-ASEC Health Insurance Data (March 2007)
Revised CPS-ASEC Health Insurance Data (September 2011)
Survey of Income and Program Participation

Health Insurance Data from the American Community Survey (ACS)

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Programming Code for Health Insurance Estimates

ACS Estimates Of The Number Of Insured and Uninsured

This shows how we create health insurance estimates for the different types of coverage reported in our tables and reports.
ACS Health Insurance Coverage Recoding Programming Code

This is how our computer program takes key edited health insurance variables and recodes them into the variables we use often to prepare our tables and reports.