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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Medical insurance (SR2012A_MEDINS)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 212
End: 213
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">All persons (health)</span>
<br />[Questions P21a to P23 were asked of all persons about their health.]</p>

<p>P23. How are medical expenses mainly paid for this person?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 SZF compulsory<br />[] 2 SZF private<br />[] 3 SZF voluntary insurance<br />[] 4 Medical Mission (<span class="lang">Medische Zending</span>)<br />[] 5 SoZaVo (insolvent)<br />[] 6 SoZaVo (impecunious)<br />[] 7 Other insurer, through employer<br />[] 8 Other insurer, voluntary insurance<br />[] 9 Direct payment (no insurance)<br />[] 10 Other<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 SZF compulsory
02 SZF private
03 SZF voluntary insurance
04 Medical Mission (Medische Zending)
05 SoZaVo (insolvent)
06 SoZaVo (impecunious)
07 Other insurer, through employer
08 Other insurer, voluntary insurance
09 Direct payment (no insurance)
10 Other
99 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's primary method of payment for medical expenses.
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Suriname 2012: All persons

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