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Summary Health Insurance Variables
Health Insurance Variables
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CPS Data Quality Flags
IPUMS-CPS Variables Quick Reference

A


Variable Name

Variable Description

Record Type

Codes
62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
ABSENT Absent from work last week P codes X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
ACTNLFLY Activity when not in labor force last year (part-year workers) P codes X . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
ADJGINC Adjusted gross income P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
AGE Age P codes X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
AGEMARR Age at first marriage P codes X . . X . X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANCESTRY Ancestry P codes . . . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ATELUNCH Number of children who ate complete school lunch H codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

B


Variable Name

Variable Description

Record Type

Codes
62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
BIRTHQTR Quarter of birth P codes . . . . . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BLSWT BLS weight P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . . . . .
BLVENOWK Believe no work available P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BPL Birthplace P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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Variable Name

Variable Description

Record Type

Codes
62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
CAID Covered by Medicaid last year P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CAIDLW Medicaid coverage, last week P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . .
CANTFIND Could not find work P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CAPGAIN Amount of capital gain P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X .
CAPLOSS Amount of capital loss P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X .
CARE Covered by Medicare last year P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CARELW Medicare coverage, last week P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAMPLW CHAMPUS or CAMPVA coverage, last week P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAMPUS Covered by Champus/Tricare last year P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CHAMPVA Covered by CHAMPVA last year P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CITIZEN Citizenship status P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CLASSWKR Class of worker P codes X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CLASSWLY Class of worker last year P codes X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CMBEG Poverty using CES, geographic adjustment, and combined medical P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X
CMBENG Poverty using CES, no geographic adjustment, and combined medical P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X
CMBPG Poverty using CPI, geographic adjustment, and combined medical P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X
CMBPNG Poverty using CPI, no geographic adjustment, and combined medical P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X
COLLEG75 Attending college in March 1975 P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
COLLEG80 Attending college in March 1980 P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CONTPOV Official poverty measure, continuous values P codes . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
COUNTRY Country of previous residence P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X . . .
COVERGH Covered by group health insurance, last year P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
COVERLW Insurance coverage, last week P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . .
COVERPI Covered by private health insurance, last year P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CPI99 CPI-U adjustment factor to 1999 dollars H codes X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
CUTOFF Cutoff for offical poverty status, in dollars P codes . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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Variable Name

Variable Description

Record Type

Codes
62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
DEPSTAT Dependency status pointer P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X
DIFFANY Any difficulty P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
DIFFCARE Personal care limitation P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
DIFFEYE Vision difficulty P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
DIFFHEAR Hearing difficulty P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
DIFFMOB Disability limiting mobility P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
DIFFPHYS Physical difficulty P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
DIFFREM Difficulty remembering P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
DISABWRK Work disability P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
DURUNEM2 Continuous weeks unemployed, intervalled P codes X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
DURUNEMP Continuous weeks unemployed P codes X . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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Variable Name

Variable Description

Record Type

Codes
62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
EARNWEEK Weekly earnings P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
EARNWT Earnings weight P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
EDUC Educational attainment recode P codes X . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
EDUC99 Educational attainment, 1990 P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
EITCRED Earned income tax credit P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
ELDCH Age of eldest own child in household P codes . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
EMCONTRB Employer contribution for health insurance P codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X
EMPSTAT Employment status P codes X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X