Publications

How the CPS Measures Health Insurance Status and the New Verification Question

In March 2000, the Census Bureau added a verification question to the Current Population Survey (CPS) health insurance module. This question resulted in a more accurate estimate of the rate of uninsurance. Read More

Approaches to Correct for the CPS Verification Item

This paper provides a brief overview of two approaches to correct for the effects of the Current Population Survey health insurance verification item when constructing a time series. October 2003. Read More

CPS Sample Design Description

This brief contains an introduction to the sample design employed by the Current Population Survey (CPS), as well as information about the sampled household rotation schedule, the Annual Demographic Supplement, and survey weights. April 2003. Read More

Revisions to the CPS: Impact on State Health Policy

This brief contains information for the states on the addition of the uninsurance verification question to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS estimates of state uninsurance rates will be adjusted based on the new verification question. August 2001. Read More

Medicaid Under-reporting in the CPS and One Approach for a Partial Correction

Survey estimates of public health insurance program enrollment tend to be lower than those compiled from administrative enrollment data for those same programs, a discordance which is particularly apparent for Medicaid. Read More

Summary of SHADAC’s Conference Call to Discuss the Revised CPS 2005 Health Insurance Estimates

This document provides a description of the date processing error in the Current Population Survey that less to a misreporting of insurance coverage and the adjustment solution. Read More

Historical Changes in CPS Health Insurance Coverage Items 1989 - 2005 Survey Years

This document briefly summarizes the changes to the health insurance questions and fields on the CPS surveys and files for survey years 1989 - 2005, and includes a table that contains the fields that can be used to determine if a person had any health insurance coverage. March 2006. Read More

Summary of SHADAC Conference Call to Discuss the 2006 CPS Health Insurance Estimates

Highlights from SHADAC's August 29, 2007, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the 2006 Current Population Survey data release. September 2007. Read More

Summary of SHADAC Conference Call to Discuss the 2007 CPS Health Insurance Estimates

Highlights from SHADAC's August 27, 2008, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the 2007 Current Population Survey data release. September 2008. Read More

Summary of SHADAC Conference Call to Discuss the 2005 CPS Health Insurance Estimates

Highlights from SHADAC's August 30, 2006, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the 2005 Current Population Survey data release. September 2006. Read More