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MEPS HC-164
PANEL 17 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 23, 2017

Variable Name: YNOUSC2
Description: AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1879
End: 1880

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
7
131,878
-8 DK
10
138,600
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,552
250,121,943
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
2,545
40,345,149
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
170
3,369,979
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
58
1,057,238
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
64
1,583,909
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
5
103,404
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
168
3,769,702
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
40
568,498
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
76
1,300,232
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
377
4,773,201
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
731
9,259,888
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS
2
17,517
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
20
427,801
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
1
6,223
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
8
134,120
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
8
183,725
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET
3
181,000
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
6
133,041
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB
2
20,150
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR
1
25,482
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
9
148,452
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
6
102,524
23 USES ALTERNATIVE CARE
1
29,150
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
16
366,176
91 OTHER REASON
37
672,987
TOTAL
17,923
318,971,967


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