Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey, 1993 (ICPSR 6908)

Version Date: Mar 30, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Stephen H. Long, RAND; M. Susan Marquis, RAND

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06908.v3

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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.

Citation

Long, Stephen H., and Marquis, M. Susan. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey, 1993. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-03-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06908.v3

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Funding

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (18712)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Dataset 3 (FIPS State and County Codes for Firms Data) is restricted from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining these data 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 these data through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal, which can be accessed via the study home page.

Distributor(s)

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

1993 -- 1994

Date of Collection

1993 -- 1994 (1993 and early 1994)

Data Collection Notes

  1. The data files for this collection are blank-delimited and can be linked using common ID variables.

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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.

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(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

1997-06-24

Version History

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, Stephen H., and M. Susan Marquis. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey, 1993. ICPSR06908-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-07-06. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06908.v3

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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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.

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This study is maintained and distributed by the Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA). HMCA is the official data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.