IPUMS DHS: descr: INSHHTYPE

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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INSHHTYPE (INSHHTYPE)

Type of health insurance for household

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Codes and Frequencies

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An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample

Code	Label	ghana 03
1	Private health insurance	X
2	Mutual health organization	X
3	Government health coverage	X
4	Other	X
6	Non-resident	·
8	Missing	X
9	NIU (not in universe)	X

Description

INSHHTYPE reports the type of health insurance scheme covering the respondent for the household survey. Categories are broad (e.g., private health insurance, government health coverage), rather than specifying country-specific health insurance programs.

The information in INSHHTYPE is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

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