title: Understanding the New Current Population Survey Health Insurance Questions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare estimates of health coverage from the pre- and post- redesign of the Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
  
  
  METHODS
  The CPS 2013 Content Test.
  
  
  METHODS
  A test of the old and new CPS in which the control panel was a subset of the CPS production cases interviewed by phone and the test panel was conducted in parallel (also by phone) with a sample that had already completed the final rotation of the CPS. Outcome variables tested include uninsured and coverage type by subgroup and calendar year versus point-in-time estimates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Census Bureau telephone interviewers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The odds of having coverage in the past calendar year were higher under the new than the old CPS. Within the new CPS, calendar year estimates of coverage were higher than and distinct from point-in-time estimates. There were few statistically significant differences in coverage across demographic subgroups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new method reduced presumed underreporting of past year coverage, and the integrated point-in-time/calendar-year series effectively generated distinct measures of each within the same questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: US Census Bureau, Suitland, MD.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pascale
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Service Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boudreaux
authors.affiliation: US Census Bureau, Suitland, MD.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019352:Censuses; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Insurance; experiment; measurement error; redesign