2002 Washington State Population Survey
The biennial Washington State Population Survey has been an important source of data on the health and welfare of Washington families since 1998. It focuses primarily on employment, family poverty, in-migration, health, and health insurance coverage.
Basic information
Note: The numbers of Medicare and Medicaid recipients identified by the 2002 Washington State Population Survey do not agree with known administrative counts for the two programs. Research Brief 16, titled "Uninsured Population in Washington State," uses the new Medical Assistance weights described in Accounting for Medicare and Medicaid Recipients.
Disclaimer: By using these data the user agrees that the Washington State Office of Financial Management shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.
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*Attention Data Users: The 2006 and 2008 WSPS surveys have new weights (check "User Notes" below for instructions on weights prior to 2006).
User Notes - Instructions for using weights.
Survey data are also available for: 2010 | 2008 | 2006 | 2004 | 2000
2002 Data Files:
The 2002 SPS Release 5 analysis data file is available in both SAS (sps02_05.sd2) and Excel spreadsheet (sps02_05.xls) formats.
The SAS file (34,913 kb when extracted) may be downloaded as a zipped file. The SAS format file associated with this dataset, formats2002v5.sas, is included in the self-extracting file. The missing values in the SAS data set are denoted by the following:
- .A = Skipped-Age
- .D = Don't Know
- .R = Refused
- .S = Skipped
- .N = Not Ascertained
The analysis data file in Excel spreadsheet format (26,386 kb when extracted) is downloadable as a zipped file. The missing values in this file are denoted by negative numbers:
- -1 = Skipped-Age
- -2 = Don't Know
- -3 = Refused
- -4 = Skipped
- -9 = Not Ascertained
Survey regions
| Region | Counties |
|---|---|
| North Sound (1) | Island, San Juan, Skagit, Whatcom |
| West Balance (2) | Clallam, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum |
| King (3) | King |
| Other Puget Sound Metro (4) | Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston |
| Clark (5) | Clark |
| East Balance(6) | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman |
| Spokane (7) | Spokane |
| Yakima-TriCities(8) | Benton, Franklin, Yakima |
A map of the State Population Survey regions is also available.
Last updated: December 3, 2010
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
