Description & Citation--Study No. 6908 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 6908 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06908 |
| Title: | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey, 1993 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Stephen H. Long, RAND |
| M. Susan Marquis, RAND | |
| Funding Agency: | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Long, Stephen H., and M. Susan Marquis. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE SURVEY, 1993 [Computer file]. ICPSR06908-v3. Washington, DC: RAND [producer], 1999. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-07-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06908 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | The purpose of this survey was to investigate the barriers to the provision of employer-sponsored health insurance coverage and to describe the premiums and other characteristics of health plans offered by employers. With the goal of remedying the previous lack of state-level data, the survey was conducted to aid in defining problems in the employment-based insurance market and in analyzing the impacts of states' policy options. The survey collected data on characteristics of employers and workers in establishments offering and not offering health insurance, including the number of employees (statewide and nationwide), the distribution of workers by hours worked, age, sex, and earnings, the peak month for seasonal workers, the type of industry or business, whether health insurance was offered, and eligibility rules for health insurance. It also collected information about the characteristics of plans offered, including premiums, cost-sharing, medical underwriting, self-insurance, type of plan, number of days a person must wait for coverage of a preexisting condition, and whether each plan covered prenatal care, maternity care, outpatient prescription drugs, mental health services, dental care, and treatment for alcoholism or drug abuse. The survey also elicited information from employers not offering health insurance as to other forms of compensation for medical expenses they provided to employees. There are three data files in the collection. Part 1, Firms Data, contains information on the surveyed firms. Part 2, Plans Data, has data on each insurance plan offered by these firms. Part 3, FIPS State and County Codes for Firms Data, identifies the state and county of each firm. Parts 1 and 3 comprise one case per firm, Part 2 one case per insurance plan. |
| Subject Term(s): | employee benefits, employees, employers, health insurance, insurance coverage, insurance policies, private health insurance |
| Geographic Coverage: | Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, Washington |
| Time Period: | 1993 - 1994 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 1993 - 1994, 1993 and early 1994 |
| Universe: | All private business establishments except self-employed persons who had no employees, and all public employers in Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. |
| Data Type: | survey data |
| Data Collection Notes: | The data files for this collection are blank-delimited and can be linked using common ID variables. |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | In each state, a probability sample of public and private employers was selected. Approximately 2,000 private employment establishments were sampled in each state, allocated equally to four strata as defined by the number of workers: 1-4, 5-9, 10-24, and 25 and over. Forty-six to 262 public employers were sampled in each state. |
| Mode of Data Collection: | computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) |
| mail questionnaire | |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Restrictions: | This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To preserve respondent privacy, Part 3, FIPS State and County Codes for Firms Data, is restricted from general dissemination. To obtain this file, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a restricted data use agreement in accordance with existing servicing policies. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 1997-06-24 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2006-03-30. |
| 2006-03-30 - File CB06908-0001-2.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. | |
| 2006-03-30 - File CB06908-0001-2.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. | |
| 2006-03-30 - File CB06908-0001-2.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. | |
| 2006-03-30 - File CB06908-0001-2.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. | |
| 2006-03-30 - File CB06908-0001-2.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. | |
| 2005-07-06 - SPSS setup files for Parts 1 and 2 have been added to the collection and the SAS setup files have been enhanced. | |
| 1999-12-29 - A file with FIPS state and county codes, which can be merged with Part 1, Firms Data, has been added as Part 3. To obtain this file, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a restricted data use agreement in accordance with existing servicing policies. | |
| 1997-11-14 - A report entitled "Data Cleaning Procedures for the 1993 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey" has been added to the documentation for this collection, and all documentation for this study has been converted to PDF files. | |
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