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. In a small percentage of cases, some residents in a household were tabulated as "not covered" by insurance when they had in fact reported private or group coverage. This finding led to the Census Bureau’s recent downward revision of the number of uninsured from 15.9 to 15.3 percent or about 1.8 million fewer uninsured people in the U.S. in 2005. April 2007.
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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.
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.
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.
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.