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Description

PRIVTYP indicates whether a privately-purchased (not employment-based) insurance plan covered only the policyholder or also covered dependents, during the previous calendar year. Policyholders of privately-purchased insurance are identified in the PRIVOWN variable. Persons who had coverage from such a plan as dependents of a policyholder are identified in the PRIVDEP variable.
Whether the policyholder's privately-purchased insurance covered someone living in another household is reported in PRIVOUT.

Comparability

This variable is comparable across years.

Universe

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