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Table 2.
Characteristics of US children and their families by current health insurance status and eligibility for public insurance (numbers are column percentages).
| Child/Family Characteristic | All Children | Uninsured Children (when interviewed) | ||||
|
Total |
Medicaid Eligible |
Eligible for CHIP |
Ineligible for CHIP |
|||
|
Number of Children (millions) |
72.5 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | |
| (% of all uninsured children) |
72.5 |
(100.0) |
(35.4) |
(40.6) |
(24.1) |
|
|
Length of time uninsured |
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|
Full year |
-- |
75.5 |
71.7 |
81.4 |
70.9 |
|
|
Part year |
-- |
24.5 |
28.3 |
18.5 |
29.1 |
|
|
Age |
||||||
<1 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
6.0 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
|
1-5 |
27.1 |
25.3 |
38.4 |
13.8 |
25.2 |
|
6-12 |
38.4 |
38.1 |
40.4 |
37.0 |
36.5 |
|
13-18 |
30.4 |
33.0 |
15.2 |
47.7 |
34.3 |
|
|
Race |
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White |
66.6 |
5.2 |
38.1 |
54.7 |
64.7 |
|
Black |
14.2 |
15.0 |
19.4 |
15.0 |
8.4 |
|
Hispanic |
13.9 |
31.3 |
39.7 |
28.2 |
24.2 |
|
Other |
5.2 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
|
|
Income/Poverty level |
||||||
<100% |
19.8 |
36.0 |
79.7 |
19.2 |
0.0 |
|
100-<200% |
24.7 |
39.2 |
20.3 |
79.1 |
0.0 |
|
200-<300% |
19.0 |
15.1 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
59.8 |
|
>=300% |
36.4 |
9.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
40.2 |
|
|
Family Composition |
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|
Single parent |
27.9 |
32.6 |
38.7 |
33.9 |
21.7 |
|
|
Both parents |
72.1 |
67.4 |
61.3 |
66.1 |
78.3 |
|
|
Health |
||||||
Good / Excellent |
95.2 |
93.1 |
91.5 |
93.2 |
95.2 |
|
Fair / Poor |
4.8 |
6.9 |
8.5 |
6.8 |
4.8 |
|
|
Parents’ work status |
||||||
1 parent working |
45.8 |
54.4 |
54.7 |
54.6 |
53.6 |
|
2 parents working |
39.8 |
24.9 |
15.0 |
26.0 |
37.7 |
|
None working |
14.4 |
20.7 |
30.3 |
19.4 |
8.7 |
|
|
Parents’ work/ insurance status |
||||||
Not working |
14.4 |
20.7 |
30.3 |
19.4 |
8.7 |
|
No offer of health ins. |
12.8 |
39.6 |
33.7 |
41.0 |
45.9 |
|
Ineligible for employer’s plan |
4.1 |
15.5 |
15.8 |
14.8 |
16.1 |
|
Declines employer’s plan |
5.1 |
9.4 |
9.4 |
7.4 |
12.7 |
|
Parent accepts employer plan |
63.5 |
14.9 |
10.9 |
17.4 |
16.7 |
|
|
Usual source of care |
||||||
|
None |
5.4 |
20.0 |
21.3 |
23.5 |
10.1 |
|
|
Doctor office/HMO |
71.6 |
44.7 |
32.6 |
41.5 |
72.2 |
|
|
Hospital outpatient clinic |
6.1 |
9.4 |
8.9 |
11.3 |
6.6 |
|
|
Other clinic |
14.3 |
20.3 |
28.7 |
17.2 |
7.7 |
|
|
Hospital ER |
1.6 |
4.5 |
7.1 |
5.2 |
2.3 |
|
|
Other place |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
|
