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MEPS HC-193
PANEL 20 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: September 7, 2018

Variable Name: YNOUSC2
Description: AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1907
End: 1908

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
7
80,798
-8 DK
18
223,996
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,391
263,269,723
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
2,146
38,631,084
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
232
5,195,872
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
81
1,223,284
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
69
1,266,061
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
12
188,921
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
118
2,140,701
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
67
1,322,763
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
105
2,327,043
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
151
1,985,203
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
449
5,601,065
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS
1
39,433
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
33
777,965
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
11
225,238
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
11
168,579
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
8
132,222
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET
2
28,851
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
15
320,584
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB
3
116,535
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR
13
189,094
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
21
395,061
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
6
149,149
23 USES ALTERNATIVE CARE
1
10,378
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
7
166,183
91 OTHER REASON
39
598,208
TOTAL
17,017
326,773,992


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