The March 2026 monthly data and the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
Codes and Frequencies
Description
Covered by private health insurance - 1980-2018
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
Not available in 1981 file In 2000 this variable was appended from a Census released patch file. The value reflects the results following a new verification item. See zhvhi for the original 2000 value. The 2001 values as released in the Public Use file already incorporate the results of the new verification item (ahiper). See Appendix T.6 for a discussion of these enhanced values.
Universe
- 1980-1988: Adults.
- 1989-2017: Anyone in the household has health insurance.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1982 – 1999 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 – 2018 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
