Davern, M., A. Jones., J. Lepkowski, G. Davidson, and L. A. Blewett. 2006. “Unstable Inferences? An Examination of Complex Survey Sample Design Adjustments Using the Current Population Survey for Health Services Research.” Inquiry 43(3): 283–297.

Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2006. “Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved” Health Services Research 41(3): 946-75.

OBJECTIVE: Critically review estimates of health insurance coverage available from different sources, including the federal government, state survey initiatives, and foundation-sponsored surveys for use in state policy research.

Davern, M., H. Rodin, K. T. Call, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. “Are the CPS Uninsurance Estimates Too High? An Examination of Imputation.” Health Services Research 42(5): 2038-2055.

Davern, M., A. Jones, J. Lepkowski, G. Davidson, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. “Estimating Regression Standard Errors Using the Current Population Survey’s Public Use File.” Inquiry 44(2): 211-224.

Call, K. T., M. Davern, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. "Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys to the Current Population Survey." Health Affairs 26(1):269-78.

This brief compares estimates of health insurance coverage from three national health surveys sponsored by the federal government, identifies the differences in their estimates of uninsurance, and identifies three common themes: (1) all the surveys report very large numbers of Americans living without health insurance; (2) all surveys show that these numbers have risen over the decade, particularly for adults; and (3) children’s rates of uninsurance declined earlier in the decade, largely due to growth of public programs such as the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), but

This brief contains a summary of the statistical weights used in the Current Population Survey's Annual Demographic Supplement. April 2001.

Summary of SHADAC's September 2001 conference call discussing the Current Population Survey health insurance verification question added in 2000. September 2001.

This document is a brief on the 8 percent drop in the uninsurance rate which resulted from the addition of a verification question to the Current Population Survey (CPS) health insurance module. August 2001.

In March 2000, the Census Bureau added a verification question to the Current Population Survey (CPS) health insurance module. This question resulted in a more accurate estimate of the rate of uninsurance. This brief describes the Census Bureau’s previous approach to measuring health insurance and discusses the effect of introducing the verification component. August 2001.