Was adult household member a policyholder of a group health plan?
NOTE(S): There are new questions in the 1999 instrument that ask up front whether the respondent is the policy holder or dependent of the plan they recorded being covered by in Q950. This variable is created from the new questions (Q951A and Q951C). Previously in the 1998 instrument employer-provided and union provided were asked in the same question. The 1999 instrument separates them. To retain comparability over time, responses to Q951A and Q951C are combined in HI. Minimal changes to edit were made to accommodate for this change. DEPHI – Was person a dependent on a household group health plan? NOTE(S): This is the companion variable to HI and is derived from the same question (Q951A and Q951C). Those respondents less than 15 years of age (if they checked that they were covered by an employer or union-provided plan) auto-default to dependents (they skip question Q951A or Q951C and go right to the questions that ask about line number of policy holder – Q951B or Q951D). (See HI for ch
