Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2009 (ICPSR 35029)

Version Date: Mar 31, 2020

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Principal Investigator(s):
Sharon Long, The Urban Institute

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35029.v2

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  • V2 [2020-03-31]
  • V1 [2014-06-16] unpublished
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Summary

This data collection comprises data from the fourth round of the Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS), a survey designed to track the impact of Massachusetts health care reform legislation passed in 2006. Topics covered by the survey include health and disability; access to and use of health care; health insurance status and specific types of health insurance coverage held by the survey respondents; health insurance premiums, out-of-pocket health care costs, and medical debt; and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The survey also gauged support for the legislation; awareness of the individual mandate and its impact on coverage decisions; and how easy or difficult it was to obtain information on the different health insurance plans available through the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, a state agency established by the legislation.

Citation

Long, Sharon. Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2009. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-03-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35029.v2

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Funding

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (70219)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

As explained in the ICPSR Processing Notes in the codebook, some variables are restricted from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining the restricted variables must complete an Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to restricted variables through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2009-10-01 -- 2010-01-06

Date of Collection

2009-10-01 -- 2010-01-06

Data Collection Notes

  1. For more information about the survey methodology see:

    Sharon K. Long, Tim Triplett, and David Dutwin. The Massachusetts Health Reform Survey. The Urban Institute. January 2012.

    David Dutwin, Susan Sherr, Sharon K. Long, and Tim Triplett. The Massachusetts Health Reform Survey: Methodology Report for 2006 to 2012. March 2014.

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Sample

Households were selected using stratified random-digit dialing. One respondent was randomly selected from each eligible household. Uninsured and low and moderate income adults were oversampled.

Universe

Adults aged 18-64 years old in Massachusetts households with a landline telephone. Households without telephones and cell-phone only households were excluded.

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

45.5 percent.

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Original Release Date

2014-06-16

Version History

2020-03-31 Online variable search capabilities have been added for this study.

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Long, Sharon. Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2009. ICPSR35029-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-03-31. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35029.v2

2014-06-16 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.