1) Percentage of women and men age 15-49 with specific types of health insurance coverage.
2) Percentage of women and men age 15-49 with any health insurance.
Coverage:
Population base: Women and men age 15-49 (IR file, MR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators:
1) Number of women (or men) age 15-49 with specific types of health insurance coverage:
a) Social security (women: v481c = 1; men: mv481c = 1)
b) Other employer-based insurance (women: v481b = 1; men: mv481b = 1)
c) Mutual Health Organization or community-based insurance (women: v481a = 1; men: mv481a = 1)
d) Privately purchased commercial insurance (women: v481d = 1; men: mv481d = 1)
e) Other (women: any of v481e–h, x = 1; men: any of mv481e–h, x = 1)
f) None (women: v81a-h,x ≠ 1; men: mv81a-h,x ≠ 1)
2) Number of women (or men) age 15-49 with any health insurance (any of v481a–h, x = 1; men: any of mv481a–h, x = 1)
Denominator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49
Variables: IR file, MR file.
|
v481a |
Health insurance type: mutual/community organization (women) |
|
v481b |
Health insurance type: provided by employer (women) |
|
v481c |
Health insurance type: social security (women) |
|
v481d |
Health insurance type: private/commercially purchased (women) |
|
v481e |
Health insurance type: CS (women) |
|
v481f |
Health insurance type: CS (women) |
|
v481g |
Health insurance type: CS (women) |
|
v481h |
Health insurance type: CS (women) |
|
v481x |
Health insurance type: other (women) |
|
v005 |
Women's sample weight |
|
mv481a |
Health insurance type: mutual/community organization (men) |
|
mv481b |
Health insurance type: provided by employer (men) |
|
mv481c |
Health insurance type: social security (men) |
|
mv481d |
Health insurance type: private/commercially purchased (men) |
|
mv481e |
Health insurance type: CS (men) |
|
mv481f |
Health insurance type: CS (men) |
|
mv481g |
Health insurance type: CS (men) |
|
mv481h |
Health insurance type: CS (men) |
|
mv481x |
Health insurance type: other (men) |
|
mv005 |
Men's sample weight |
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Missing values and “don’t know” responses are excluded from the numerators but included in the denominator.
Types of health insurance available vary from country to country and may change over time.
DHS-VI and earlier surveys did not report the percentage of women or men age 15-49 with any health insurance.
Wang, W., G. Temsah, and L Mallick. 2014. Health Insurance Coverage and Its Impact on Maternal Health Care Utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. DHS Analytical Studies No. 45. Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF International. https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-as45-analytical-studies.cfm
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables 3.9.1 and 3.9.2
API Indicator IDs:
Women:
AH_HINS_W_SOS, AH_HINS_W_EBI, AH_HINS_W_MUT, AH_HINS_W_PRV, AH_HINS_W_OTH, AH_HINS_W_NON
Men:
AH_HINS_M_SOS, AH_HINS_M_EBI, AH_HINS_M_MUT, AH_HINS_M_PRV, AH_HINS_M_OTH, AH_HINS_M_NON
MICS6 Indicator EQ.2a: Health insurance coverage