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Abstract #303509

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Activity Number: 406
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #303509
Title: Investigating the Role of Hispanic Origin in Estimating the Number of Uninsured
Author(s): Sharareh Craig*+ and Joanna M. Turner and Brett O'Hara
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 4700 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC, DC, 20233-8500,
Keywords: Small Area Estimates ; Health Insurance Coverage ; Hispanic Origin ; NHIS
Abstract:

The U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Health Insurance Estimates program developed model-based health insurance coverage statistics for states and counties that provide consistent and comparable estimates for all areas. Current models show a variable indicating people who are of Hispanic origin is a strong predictor for people without health insurance coverage. The 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey reported that Hispanics were more likely to be uninsured than nonHispanic Whites, 32.7 percent to 11.1 percent, respectively. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of why this relationship exists and to develop alternative variables that better account for this relationship in modeling health insurance coverage. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey. The level of correlation among variables such as education level, region, years lived in the U.S., citizenship, language of interview, and marital status, are being measured with uninsured rates among Hispanic subgroups living in the U.S. Results will be used to refine the health insurance coverage estimates in health insurance models.

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