October 07, 2008
In the March 2000 Supplement to the CPS, a new verification item was added to the health insurance module. The verification item asked those people who responded that they did not have any of the specific types of health insurance whether they were uninsured. To accurately gauge health insurance coverage within each state, the Census Bureau averages 3-years of CPS data to obtain a more precise state estimate. In order to construct a verified adjustment to the 1998 state uninsurance rate, an average ratio was constructed for 1999 and 2000 data. These state adjustment ratios appear in the table in this document. September 2001.