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MEPS HC-123
2009 FULL YEAR POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS CODEBOOK
DATE: March 22, 2011

Variable Name: YNOUSC42
Description: AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R4/2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1075
End: 1076

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT09P
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
9
74,532
-8 DK
37
222,668
-7 REFUSED
2
7,650
-1 INAPPLICABLE
28,367
243,155,849
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
5,044
38,337,414
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
385
3,446,008
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
110
704,729
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
112
1,078,010
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
8
52,262
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
293
2,667,094
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
112
746,718
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
176
1,540,200
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
808
5,127,294
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
1,205
7,864,970
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS
3
27,076
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
42
416,980
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
16
125,143
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
21
146,836
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
8
85,729
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET
6
22,128
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
18
143,211
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB
4
32,564
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR
7
57,043
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
20
203,511
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
10
115,350
23 USES ALTERNATIVE CARE
2
24,469
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
13
78,323
91 OTHER REASON
17
156,828
TOTAL
36,855
306,660,588


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