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2008 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) Data

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Commerce
Sub-Agency/Organization	US Census Bureau
Category	Population
Date Released	10/13/2011
Date Updated	10/13/2011
Time Period	2008
Frequency	annual
Description	The Census Bureau's Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program produces estimates of health insurance coverage for states and all counties. These data are 2005 estimates of health insurance coverage by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, and income categories at the state level and by age, sex, and income categories at the county level.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	small area, model, health insurance, uninsured
Unique ID	6235

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/data/2008/dataset.html
Agency Program Page	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/index.html
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/data/2008/dataset.html

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Person
Granularity	County
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	data are re-used from other programs
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/20082009/index.html
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/20082009/index.html

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/20082009/index.html
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Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/20082009/index.html
Sampling	N/A
Estimation	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/20082009/index.html
Weighting	N/A
Disclosure avoidance	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/index.html
Questionnaire design	N/A
Series breaks	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/data/index.html
Non-response adjustment	N/A
Seasonal adjustment	One of the inputs (the counts of the number of people participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) is adjusted for isolated extreme values, outliers often resulting from special SNAP issuance in response to natural disasters, and the additional recipients resulting from a different income eligibility standard in Alaska and Hawaii. http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/inputs/snap.html
Statistical Characteristics	http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/methods/source.html

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