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MEPS HC-172
PANEL 18 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: 1732
End: 1733

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
4
56,733
-8 DK
36
463,691
-7 REFUSED
1
10,647
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,009
257,744,092
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
2,051
36,405,896
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
140
3,225,177
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
60
1,087,321
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
54
1,365,516
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
4
26,037
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
118
2,210,520
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
39
519,788
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
69
1,540,536
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
253
3,611,254
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
741
10,380,974
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
26
557,329
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
8
95,385
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
7
178,785
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
3
55,032
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET
1
6,266
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
7
340,568
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB
5
136,591
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR
9
125,848
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
9
236,920
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
6
64,644
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
10
217,839
91 OTHER REASON
44
946,234
TOTAL
16,714
321,609,625


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