Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics Healthy Kids Enrollees, Santa Clara County, 2004

	Comparison Group (Recently Insured)		Study Group (Insured 1 Year)
	N	% (Weighted)	N	% (Weighted)
Age (years)*
0–5	167	26.9	130	21.1
6–12	260	42.5	279	44.2
13–18	182	30.6	217	34.7
Gender
M	342	56.9	328	52.0
F	267	43.1	298	48.0
Income (% of poverty)*
< 100	363	59.2	327	52.7
100–149	148	24.3	159	24.5
150–200	61	10.4	91	15.0
200–249	37	6.1	49	7.8
Length of time in Santa Clara county**
< 1 year	205	34.0	7	1.1
1	51	9.2	112	17.9
2	52	8.4	109	17.5
3	45	7.3	79	12.2
4+	252	40.7	318	51.1
Number of parents at home
One	145	23.2	155	24.7
Two	458	76.8	468	75.3
Highest education of either parent
< 5	57	8.9	74	11.8
6–11	297	48.8	289	44.8
12+	117	19.5	136	22.2
Some college	138	22.8	124	20.8
Missing	0	0.0	3	0.5
Ethnicity/language spoken at home**
Hispanic, Spanish	471	76.6	454	70.6
Hispanic, English	81	13.8	86	13.3
Non-Hispanic, English	22	3.7	43	7.9
Non-Hispanic, non-English	34	5.9	42	8.2
Household structure, employment
One parent, does not work	42	6.6	34	5.4
One parent, works	103	16.7	121	19.3
Two parents, neither works	35	5.6	18	2.9
Two parents, one works	327	54.7	338	53.8
Two parents, both work	96	16.5	112	18.6
Number of children at home
One	127	19.9	132	21.0
Two	188	31.3	190	31.0
Three or more	291	48.8	297	48.0
Parent prefers home remedies
Yes	273	46.7	303	50.2
No	314	53.3	303	49.8
Enrolled for medical reasons
Yes	324	53.8	312	50.4
No	285	46.2	312	49.6
Total sample size	609	100.0	626	100.0

Notes: Subtotals do not always add to the total sample size, due to missing values

Study and comparison groups are significantly different according to a χ² test

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01