Health Insurance | National Longitudinal Surveys

Mature Women cohort
Young Women cohort

Mature Women cohort

During the 1981, 1986, and 1989-2003 surveys, information was collected on whether the respondent and/or other family members were covered by health insurance. This series gathered information on whether any family member was covered by medical or hospital insurance and the specific source of the coverage for each family member (e.g., a group policy through the respondent's or spouse's employment, a policy purchased directly from the company, Medicaid, or Veterans benefits). Table MW1 depicts respondents reporting health care coverage by provider.

The 1992-2003 surveys asked those respondents who were covered by health insurance through their current or former employer whether they and their husbands expected to be covered by health insurance after the respondent retired. In these interviews, respondents who had employer-provided health care also stated whether they contributed toward the cost of the policy.

Table MW1. Medical insurance coverage of respondent by provider (unweighted): 1981-2003
Source of Insurance		1981	1986	1989	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003
Total respondents interviewed		3677	3335	3094	2953	2711	2608	2467	2318	2237
Respondent or any member of R's household covered by medical insurance		3023	2980	2791	2741	2520	2385	2285	2209	2115
Respondent's provider	From R's job	1045	1015	718	522	304	194	135	83	62
	From husband's/ partner's job Note YW1.1	1392	1007	486	258	179	129	89	85	56
	Directly from insurance company	369	452	416	475	265	255	229	248	249
	Medicaid		171	212	217	278	80	90	91	94
	Veterans benefits		40	22	12	4	6	8	3	11
	From R's former job			233	267	207	199	191	156	166
	From husband's/partner's former job			438	437	367	312	275	204	222
	From other family member's job			9	5	2	5	6	2	2
	Medicare				404	736	1063	1141	1273	1176
	Other	107	172	129	34	49	44	41	24	31
	Don't know/Refused	5	13	8	16	17	6	10	11	17
Total respondents covered		2918	2870	2671	2647	2408	2293	2215	2180	2086
Source: This table is based on R05142.00, R05144.00, and R05146.00 in 1981; R07374.00 and R07376.00 in 1986; R09440.00 and R09442.00 in 1989; R10776.00 and R10778.00 in 1992; R33708.00, R33711.00, and R33764.00 in 1995; and R41396.00, R41399.00, R41401.00 in 1997; R50972.00, R50975.00, and R50978.00 in 1999; R61904.00, R61907.00, and R61936.00 in 2001; R72962.00, R72965.00, and R72990.00 in 2003. Note YW1.1: Partner was added to this question beginning with the 1989 survey.

Young Women cohort

During the 1988-2003 surveys, information was collected on whether the respondent and/or other family members were covered by health insurance. This series gathered information on whether any family member was covered by medical or hospital insurance and the specific source of the coverage for each family member (e.g., a group policy through the respondent's or spouse's employment, a policy purchased directly from the company, Medicaid, or veterans benefits). In 1991 and 1995-2003, respondents who had employer-provided health care also stated whether they contributed toward the cost of the policy. Table YW1 depicts respondents reporting health care coverage by provider.

The 1993-2003 surveys asked those respondents who were covered by health insurance through their current or former employer whether they and their husbands expected to be covered by health insurance after the respondent retired.

Table YW1. Medical insurance coverage of respondent by provider (unweighted): 1988-2003
Source of Insurance		1988	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003
Total respondents interviewed		3508	3400	3187	3019	3049	2900	2806	2859
Respondent or any member of R's household covered by medical insurance		3116	2811	2855	2631	2612	2485	2490	2495
Respondent's provider	From R's job/union	1452	1285	1365	1296	1304	1185	1177	1137
	From husband's/ partner's job/union	1213	1021	970	853	755	728	653	586
	Directly from insurance company	187	203	154	135	153	143	152	149
	Medicaid	37	39	135	67	71	73	70	91
	Veterans benefits	2	4	9	8	14	12	13	22
	From R's former job/union		10	21	33	55	62	93	113
	From husband's/partner's former job/union		7	34	59	76	97	132	162
	From other family member's job		1	4	2	3		2	2
	Medicare		13	26	40	59	72	77	102
	Other	150	131	28	51	33	28	41	52
	Don't know/Refused	2	1	2	18	7	9	9	7
Total respondents covered		3043	2715	2748	2562	2530	2409	2419	2423
Source: This table is based on R11810.00, R11812.00, R11814.00, R13097.00, R13100.00, R13102.00, R14720.00, R14723.00, R14725.00, R33708.00, R33711.00, R33764.00, R41396.00, R41399.00, R41401.00, R50972.00, R50975.00, R50978.00, R61904.00, R61907.00, R61936.00, R72962.00, R72965.00, and R72990.00.