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MEPS HC-157

2013 FULL YEAR POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS CODEBOOK

DATE: February 13, 2015

Variable Name:	YNOUSC42
Description:	AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R4/2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	942
End:	943

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY PERWT13P
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED	13	74,524
-8 DK	73	462,666
-7 REFUSED	3	7,969
-1 INAPPLICABLE	28,444	251,300,833
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK	4,622	35,979,666
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA	339	2,945,896
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO	123	999,891
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE	126	1,521,976
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE	13	85,020
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS	256	2,247,507
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS	96	734,894
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF	160	1,493,081
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE	593	3,932,144
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE	1,770	11,110,576
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS	7	38,275
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET	61	563,020
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE	14	103,118
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS	26	188,905
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS	6	41,170
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET	5	21,183
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR	21	251,435
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB	6	72,706
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR	16	118,628
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION	21	220,463
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC	15	91,471
23 USES ALTERNATIVE CARE	4	47,405
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS	21	252,238
91 OTHER REASON	86	815,324
TOTAL	36,940	315,721,982