<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Most research on health insurance in the United States uses the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement. However, a recent redesign of the health insurance questions disrupted the historical time trend in 2013. Using data from the American Community Survey, which has a parallel trend in the uninsured rate, we model a bridge estimate of the uninsured rate using the traditional questions. Also, we estimate the effect of changing the questionnaire. We show that the impact of redesigning the survey varies substantially by subgroup. This approach can be used to produce bridge estimates when other questionnaires are redesigned.</p></abstract>

Most research on health insurance in the United States uses the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement. However, a recent redesign of the health insurance questions disrupted the historical time trend in 2013. Using data from the American Community Survey, which has a parallel trend in the uninsured rate, we model a bridge estimate of the uninsured rate using the traditional questions. Also, we estimate the effect of changing the questionnaire. We show that the impact of redesigning the survey varies substantially by subgroup. This approach can be used to produce bridge estimates when other questionnaires are redesigned.

Modeling a Bridge When Survey Questions Change: Evidence from the Current Population Survey Health Insurance Redesign

Journal of Official Statistics

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Most research on health insurance in the United States uses the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement. However, a recent redesign of...

Modeling a Bridge When Survey Questions Change: Evidence from the Current Population Survey Health Insurance Redesign

Published Online: Mar 26, 2019

Page range: 189 - 202

Received: Jan 01, 2017

Accepted: Apr 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0009

Keywords
Health insurance, redesigned survey, aggregate model, unit model

© 2019 Brett O’Hara et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Modeling a Bridge When Survey Questions Change: Evidence from the Current Population Survey Health Insurance Redesign

Published Online: Mar 26, 2019

Page range: 189 - 202

Received: Jan 01, 2017

Accepted: Apr 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0009

KeywordsHealth insurance, redesigned survey, aggregate model, unit model

© 2019 Brett O’Hara et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Health insurance, redesigned survey, aggregate model, unit model