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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


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