Table 2.
Sociodemographic Characteristics by Child/Parent Insurance Status, among Children in Poor Families in California, 2001 (N=5,521)*
| 1 (n=4,241) Family Coverage | 2 (n=721) Child-Only Coverage | 3 (n=559) No Family Coverage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %† | SE† | %† | SE† | %† | SE† | p-value≤.05* | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 50.6 | 1.1 | 51.2 | 2.7 | 47.6 | 3.2 | |
| Female | 49.4 | 1.1 | 48.8 | 2.7 | 52.4 | 3.2 | |
| Age (years) | a,b | ||||||
| Under 7 | 40.2 | 1.2 | 44.4 | 2.8 | 30.3 | 2.7 | |
| 7–11 | 29.5 | 1.0 | 28.1 | 2.2 | 31.9 | 2.7 | |
| 12–17 | 30.4 | 1.0 | 27.5 | 2.3 | 37.8 | 2.9 | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 27.3 | 1.0 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 21.7 | 2.7 | a,b,c |
| Latino | 48.6 | 1.3 | 70.5 | 2.5 | 67.8 | 3.0 | |
| African American | 12.0 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | |
| Asian | 8.4 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.0 | |
| Other | 3.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 1.3 | |
| Perceived health status | a,b | ||||||
| Fair, poor | 12.0 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 1.5 | 17.2 | 2.7 | |
| Excellent, very good, good | 88.0 | 0.8 | 90.2 | 1.5 | 82.8 | 2.7 | |
| Disability (<age 12, only) | c | ||||||
| Disabled | 7.7 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 2.3 | |
| Not disabled | 92.3 | 0.8 | 96.2 | 0.9 | 96.0 | 2.3 | |
| Family structure | b,c | ||||||
| Single-parent household | 36.4 | 1.3 | 27.1 | 2.8 | 24.9 | 2.9 | |
| Two-parent household | 63.6 | 1.3 | 73.0 | 2.8 | 75.1 | 2.9 | |
| Family size | |||||||
| ≤3 | 14.7 | 0.7 | 13.8 | 1.5 | 12.6 | 1.5 | |
| 4–5 | 49.0 | 1.3 | 54.8 | 2.9 | 48.4 | 3.4 | |
| ≥6 | 36.3 | 1.4 | 31.4 | 3.0 | 39.0 | 3.6 | |
| Parental education | b,c | ||||||
| ≤11 years | 36.3 | 1.3 | 51.0 | 2.9 | 50.4 | 3.4 | |
| High school | 33.4 | 1.2 | 29.1 | 2.7 | 24.3 | 2.7 | |
| 13+ years | 30.3 | 1.1 | 19.9 | 2.1 | 25.3 | 2.9 | |
| Poverty level (%) | |||||||
| <100 | 45.0 | 1.3 | 46.6 | 2.9 | 47.9 | 3.4 | |
| 100–199 | 55.0 | 1.3 | 53.5 | 2.9 | 52.1 | 3.4 | |
| Locality of residence | |||||||
| Urban | 84.0 | 0.8 | 81.9 | 2.0 | 83.3 | 2.3 | |
| Rural | 16.0 | 0.8 | 18.1 | 2.0 | 16.7 | 2.3 | |
| Language preference at home | b,c | ||||||
| Some English | 82.7 | 1.0 | 67.1 | 2.7 | 74.0 | 3.0 | |
| No English | 17.3 | 1.0 | 32.9 | 2.7 | 26.1 | 3.0 | |
| Child legal status | c | ||||||
| U.S. born | 94.8 | 0.5 | 91.6 | 1.7 | 92.4 | 1.4 | |
| Naturalized | 2.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.9 | |
| Legal immigrant with green card | 2.4 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 1.2 | |
| Parental immigrant status | b,c | ||||||
| At least one immigrant parent | 41.4 | 1.3 | 66.9 | 2.6 | 61.1 | 3.3 | |
| Both parents nonimmigrant | 58.6 | 1.3 | 33.1 | 2.6 | 39.0 | 3.3 | |
| Mean number of physicians per county per 100,000 people (patient care, non-federal, 2001) | 197.8 (mean) | 1.4 | 195.6 (mean) | 3.0 | 195.2 (mean) | 3.3 | |
| Mean number of dentists per county per 100,000 people (private practice, 1998) | 47.0 (mean) | 0.3 | 45.8 (mean) | 0.6 | 46.3 (mean) | 0.7 | |
Source: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001).
*
Eligible families (N=5,521): below 200% FPL, both child and≥1 parent with legal citizen/immigrant status; excludes small group of uninsured children with insured parents (n=206).
†
corrected for complex design effects using weighted and/or clustered analyses.
a
p-value for differences in group 3 versus 2.
b
p-value for differences in group 3 versus 1.
c
p-value for differences in group 2 versus 1.
FPL, federal poverty level.