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MEPS HC-202
PANEL 21 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 22, 2019

Variable Name: YNOUSC4
Description: AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1995
End: 1996

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
5
54,998
-8 DK
16
286,666
-7 REFUSED
4
92,191
-1 INAPPLICABLE
12,500
267,893,042
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
1,922
39,011,970
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
174
3,576,437
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
70
1,368,343
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
69
1,448,140
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
5
126,205
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
123
2,345,098
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
61
1,253,031
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
74
1,675,179
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
136
2,038,165
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
303
4,414,653
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS
5
73,880
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
23
509,004
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
16
246,871
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
12
158,961
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
8
245,034
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET
4
75,372
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
8
308,316
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB
2
51,980
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR
7
212,095
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
15
233,710
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
7
134,422
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
8
106,305
91 OTHER REASON
40
966,508
TOTAL
15,617
328,906,576


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