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Suggested Citation: "Health and Health Care Use." National Research Council. 1998. Providing National Statistics on Health and Social Welfare Programs in an Era of Change: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6097.

Certificate of deposit (CD)

Mutual funds

Stocks

Municipal or corporate bonds

U.S. government securities

Mortgages from which payments are received

Rental property

Royalties

Any other financial investments not already mentioned

Rental property (gross and net income)

Mortgages

Royalties

Other Income

Severance pay when left job during past 4 months; amount

Lump sum payments from pension when left job during past 4 months; type; amount; whether and how much rolled over into an IRA or other retirement account

Foster child care payments

Child support payments

Alimony payments

Any other income

Educational assistance by type

In-kind program participation (recipiency history for food stamps in Wave 1)

Whether live in public housing project

Whether rent subsidized by federal, state, or local government

When first applied and moved into public or subsidized housing; whether on waiting list

Amount of monthly rent (excluding subsidy); whether pay for utilities

Whether authorized to receive food stamps; whether ever applied; when first received and how long; how many times received; amounts in last 4 months; composition of the recipient unit

Whether on WIC, the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program and composition of the recipient unit

Energy Assistance; 4-month amount

Which children ate lunch and/or breakfast at school; whether free or reduced price

Health and Health Care Use

Whether health prevents working at a job or business or limits kind of work can do

Whether ever retired from a job or business

[Note: Wave 2 includes a topical module on work disability history; Wave 4 includes a topical module on disability; Waves 6 and 11 include a topical module on functional limitations and disability for adults and children.] [Note: Waves 3, 6, 9, and 12 include a topical module on medical expenses and utilization of health care for adults and children.]

Suggested Citation: "Health and Health Care Use." National Research Council. 1998. Providing National Statistics on Health and Social Welfare Programs in an Era of Change: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6097.
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