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The CPS is the Current Population Survey (CPS). This survey is administered by the Census and is one of the most widely used surveys in social science, particularly economics. A paper by Pascale et al. (2015) provides an overview of the survey and its quesitons related to health insurance: The CPS is a monthly labor…
one good place to go is IPUMS. IPUMS is run by the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota. The website contains microdata from a large number of surveys including the Census, American Community Survey, and Current Population Study. From the IPUMS website: The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS-USA) consists of more than…
There are approximately 265 million individuals in the United States under age 65 in 2009. Using the 2010 March Current Population Survey (CPS) data, the employee benefits research institute provides the insurance coverage breakdowns. Employer-sponsored group plan: 156.1 million (59.0 percent) Insurance bought directly from insurer on individual market: 16.7 million (6.3 percent) Medicaid: 44.1…
Survey estimates of Medicaid enrollment are 43 percent lower than raw Medicaid program enrollment counts. Why is this the case? Roebuck and Liberman (HSR 2009) find that many people are not reporting that they have Medicaid coverage. “43 percent of Medicaid enrollees answering the CPS as though they were not enrolled and 17 percent reported…