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State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) \| University of
Minnesota School of Public Health

612-624-4802 \| fax: 612-624-1493 \|
[www.shadac.org](http://www.shadac.org/)

**Useful Websites for Survey Data on the Uninsured**

**[Federal Data Sources]{.underline}**

### American FactFinder

-   Home page

> [http://factfinder.census.gov](http://factfinder.census.gov/)

-   Link to the 2000 American Community Survey Summary Tables which
    include sample economic, social, and housing characteristics, and
    provide data for areas of 65,000 or more people

> <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MetadataBrowserServlet?type=dataset&id=ACS_2000_EST_G00_&_lang=en>

-   Link to Economic Census data page where able to create tables on
    industries, number of establishments, number of employees, etc by
    geographic region including state and county estimates

<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GQRGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=E9700A1&_ts=29096821849>

# **Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)**

# Home page 

> <http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss>

-   Training page that provides links to a historical overview of the
    BRFSS and its use, and links to information on the survey
    methodologies employed in the BRFSS.

> <http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/training.htm>

-   Link to state specific information including state contacts, state
    publications, and information on how states use BRFSS data.

> <http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/stateinfo.htm>

-   Link to state specific information on 10-year trends in risk
    behaviors and health insurance coverage.

> <http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/Trends/TrendData.asp>

# **Current Population Survey (CPS)**

-   Home page

> <http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/>

-   Link to table of health insurance status and type of health
    insurance coverage by state.

> <http://ferret.bls.census.gov/macro/032001/health/h05_000.htm>

-   Link to Census report that provides a number of useful tables with
    information on the characteristics of the uninsured (e.g., age,
    race, income, employment) as well as state-level estimates of
    insurance coverage.

> <http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/p60-215.pdf>

**Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)**

# Home page

> <http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/>

-   Link to table of private sector offerings by industry and state.

> <http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/MEPSDATA/ic/1999/Index599.htm>

-   Link to table of private sector offerings by ownership type and age
    of firm and state.

> <http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/MEPSDATA/ic/1999/Index699.htm>

-   Link to table of private sector offerings by proportion of employees
    who are full-time or low-wage workers and state.

> <http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/MEPSDATA/ic/1999/Index799.htm>

**State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)**

-   Home page

> <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/slaits.htm>

-   Page that provides information on the SLAITS Health Survey
    questionnaire which includes questions about access and barriers to
    care, health insurance coverage, health status, health care
    utilization, demographic characteristics, and family income. Also
    has links to data for two states where the instrument was tested,
    Iowa and Washington.

> <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/mod_io_wa.htm>

## Privately Funded Data Sources

**Community Tracking Study (CTS)**

-   Home page

> <http://www.hschange.com/index.cgi?data=01>

-   Link to list of publications that include reports and analysis on a
    wide variety of health insurance issues including uninsurance and
    health care utilization rates by community, as well as analyses of
    the employer health insurance market and evaluations of different
    policy options to increase coverage.

> <http://www.hschange.org/index.cgi?show=pub_all>

**National Survey of America's Families (NSAF)**

-   Home page

> <http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/>

-   Link to report on health insurance, access and health status of
    children.

> <http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/child-health.html>

-   Link to table of indicators of health insurance, access and health
    status of children by state.

> <http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/tables/child_health_2.htm>

-   Link to report on health insurance, access and health status of
    non-elderly adults.

> <http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/adult-health.html>

-   Link to table of indicators of health insurance, access and health
    status of adults by state.

> <http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/tables/adult_health_3.htm>

-   Page with links to state health profiles of health insurance, access
    and health status for each of the 13 states included in NSAF.

> <http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/tables/adult_health_3.htm>