2010 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2006 - 2010

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Reference ID

USA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Health insurance unit (hiu) pointer rule (US2010A_HIURULE)

Data file: USA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 1099

End: 1099

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	Point HIU reference person to self
2	Point married female, with spouse present, to spouse
3	Point eligible child to father, if present
4	Point eligible child to mother, if present and father absent
5	Point single adults to self
6	Point related singleton children to first HIU reference person in household
7	Point unrelated singleton children to self

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 is an indicator of the assignment rule used to assign each individual to a "health insurance unit" (HIU).

Universe

United States 2010: All persons

concept

Concept

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