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

         

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

         

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

         

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

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