Table 1.

Characteristics (Percent) of HRS and NHIS Records That Match to Medicare Records By Insurance Status Before Age 65

	NHIS-Medicare			HRS-Medicare
	Uninsured	Publicly Insured	Privately Insured	Uninsured	Publicly Insured	Privately Insured
Attributes Before Age 65
Female	59.9	53.0	52.7	57.4%	51.3%	50.3%
Married	55.4	63.3	79.6	60.8	56.7	79.3
Non-Hispanic Black	13.3	14.3	5.7	21.2	27.0	9.9
Hispanic	16.1	8.7	3.7	19.0	14.7	3.3
Non-Hispanic and Not Black or White	6.4	4.2	1.9	3.0	2.2	1.2
Less Than High School	48.2	36.6	16.3	48.8	48.9	16.5
High School Degree	29.8	32.1	38.5	33.2	34.1	41.9
Some College	13.0	20.0	24.0	10.4	11.9	20.1
Income < $20,000	69.1	68.9	46.6	51.6	57.8	11.6
Income >= $20,000, <$45,000	28.3	31.3	42.2	29.6	23.2	27.5
Health - Very Good	21.0	17.8	34.3	19.2	9.8	35.4
Health - Good	32.5	29.2	30.0	31.0	23.0	32.6
Health - Fair	21.4	25.1	8.8	28.0	34.8	13.1
Health - Poor	6.2	16.6	1.6	10.8	28.2	3.0

For the NHIS, the sample consists of 5,090 individuals (574 uninsured, 3,245 privately insured, and 1,271 publicly insured) who match with Medicare records, were under the age of 65 at the time of the survey, and have non-missing information on survey variables.

For the HRS, the sample consists of 4,108 individuals (500 uninsured, 2,892 privately insured, and 716 publicly insured) who match with Medicare records, were under the age of 65 at the time of the survey, and have non-missing information on survey variables.