| MEPS-HC Response
Rates by Panel |
|
In surveys with a panel design consisting of multiple
waves or rounds of data collection, the overall response rate is a multiplicative
function of the wave or round-specific response rates. The MEPS-HC overall
response rates shown in table 1 below are a combination of the
response rates for the NHIS and each MEPS round that is part of the point-in-time
and full-year estimates. Table 2 below shows the point-in-time response
rates for each panel and the combined overall response rates for each
year. Table 3 shows the full-year response rates for
each panel and the combined overall response rates for each year.
Table
1. MEPS-HC overall response rates for public use files* |
Year |
Point-in-time
file |
Full-year file |
|
2010
|
58.6%
|
|
|
2009
|
62.8%
|
57.2%
|
|
2008
|
64.4%
|
59.3%
|
|
2007
|
62.5%
|
56.9%
|
|
2006
|
64.2%
|
58.3%
|
|
2005
|
66.5%
|
61.3%
|
|
2004
|
68.2%
|
63.1%
|
|
2003
|
68.9%
|
64.5%
|
|
2002
|
69.2%
|
64.7%
|
|
2001
|
71.4%
|
66.3%
|
|
2000
|
70.5%
|
65.8%
|
|
1999
|
74.0%
|
66.0%
|
|
1998
|
73.2%
|
67.4%
|
|
1997
|
74.3%
|
66.8%
|
|
1996
|
78.0%
|
70.7%
|
*In 2001, a standardized
method for calculating response rates was developed and applied to
all prior years. For this reason, the response rates reported
in the public use file documentation for 1996 through 2000
vary slightly from those reported here.
Table
2. Individual panel and combined overall response rates for
MEPS-HC point-in-time (PIT) files |
Year |
NHIS
response rate
Year 1* |
PIT
Year 1** |
PIT
Year 2*** |
PIT
overall (combined) |
|
2010
|
|
|
|
58.6%
|
|
2009
|
85.2%
|
63.7%
|
61.8%
|
62.8%
|
|
2008
|
87.4%
|
67.9%
|
58.8%
|
64.4%
|
|
2007
|
88.1%
|
67.4%
|
58.2%
|
62.5%
|
|
2006
|
87.3%
|
66.4%
|
62.3%
|
64.2%
|
|
2005
|
87.9%
|
69.4%
|
63.5%
|
66.5%
|
|
2004
|
90.3%
|
70.3%
|
65.9%
|
68.2%
|
|
2003
|
90.1%
|
71.9%
|
65.6%
|
68.9%
|
|
2002
|
89.7%
|
72.2%
|
66.8%
|
69.2%
|
|
2001
|
89.9%
|
73.0%
|
68.3%
|
71.4%
|
|
2000
|
92.2%
|
74.9%
|
66.1%
|
70.5%
|
|
1999
|
92.2%
|
74.0%
|
--
|
74.0%
|
|
1998
|
93.7%
|
76.9%
|
69.5%
|
73.2%
|
|
1997
|
93.8%
|
77.9%
|
70.7%
|
74.3%
|
|
1996
|
93.9%
|
78.0%
|
--
|
78.0%
|
* NHIS response rate for records included in the
following year's MEPS frame
** Response rate for newly introduced panel in year 1 of data collection
*** Response rate for panel in year 2 of data collection
--- Panel not included in response rate
Table
3. Individual panel and combined overall response rates for MEPS-HC
full-year files |
Year |
NHIS
response rate
Year 1* |
Full-year
Year
1**
|
Full-year Year
2*** |
Full-year
overall(combined) |
|
2009
|
85.2%
|
58.7%
|
55.5%
|
57.2%
|
|
2008
|
87.4%
|
61.8%
|
55.4%
|
59.3%
|
|
2007
|
88.1%
|
58.8%
|
55.4%
|
56.9%
|
|
2006
|
87.3%
|
58.2%
|
58.5%
|
58.3%
|
|
2005
|
87.9%
|
60.3%
|
62.3%
|
61.3%
|
|
2004
|
90.3%
|
63.5%
|
62.7%
|
63.1%
|
|
2003
|
90.1%
|
65.9%
|
62.9%
|
64.5%
|
|
2002
|
89.7%
|
65.6%
|
64.0%
|
64.7%
|
|
2001
|
89.9%
|
66.8%
|
65.4%
|
66.3%
|
|
2000
|
92.2%
|
68.3%
|
63.7%
|
65.8%
|
|
1999
|
92.3%
|
66.1%
|
65.9%
|
66.0%
|
|
1998
|
93.7%
|
69.0%
|
65.7%
|
67.4%
|
|
1997
|
93.8%
|
69.5%
|
64.1%
|
66.8%
|
|
1996
|
93.9%
|
70.7%
|
--
|
70.7%
|
* NHIS response rate for records included in the following year's MEPS
frame
** Response rate for newly introduced panel in year 1 of data collection
*** Response rate for panel in year 2 of data collection
--- Panel not included in response rate |
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