Table 2.

Weighted Means of Key Variables in the Younger, Older, and All Low-Income Children, and Higher Income Children

	≤SCHIP Thresholds
Ages 2–17	Ages 2–5	Ages 6–17	Ages 2–17	>SCHIP Thresholds
Dental care
Unmet dental care need	0.10	0.06	0.12	0.04
Last visit ≤6 months	0.43	0.32	0.47	0.63
Last visit ≤12 months	0.63	0.45	0.70	0.79
Health insurance
Public insurance	0.30	0.37	0.27	0.04
SCHIP	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.01
Medicaid	0.23	0.31	0.20	0.02
Private	0.48	0.42	0.51	0.89
Uninsured	0.22	0.20	0.22	0.06
Sociodemographic
Age (years)	9.13	3.49	11.34	9.84
Male	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.51
Race
Non-Hispanic white	0.51	0.49	0.52	0.80
Non-Hispanic black	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.09
Hispanic	0.27	0.29	0.26	0.07
Other race	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.02
U.S. born	0.92	0.95	0.90	0.97
Family size	4.15	4.03	4.19	3.89
Any Food Stamp recipient	0.18	0.22	0.17	0.01
Insurance offer through work	0.63	0.60	0.64	0.91
Parents' highest education
No high school	0.19	0.20	0.19	0.03
High school	0.69	0.68	0.70	0.53
College	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.44
Family income >$20,000	0.56	0.52	0.58	0.99
Health status
Excellent	0.46	0.51	0.45	0.62
Very good	0.31	0.29	0.31	0.27
Good	0.20	0.18	0.21	0.09
Fair or poor	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.01
Program type
SCHIP available: ≥12 month	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.60
SCHIP available: 1–11 month	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.17
SCHIP not available	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.23
Waiting period (months)	1.62	1.63	1.61	1.50
SCHIP eligibility (% FPL)	197	201	195	186
Medicaid eligibility (% FPL)	119	142	109	112
Sample size	21,295	6,109	15,186	37,128

Source: NHIS Sample Child Files 1997–2002. M-SCHIP, S-SCHIP, and C-SCHIP state represent a state that implements Medicaid expansion, separate, and combined SCHIP programs, respectively.

SCHIP, State Children's Health Insurance Program; NHIS, National Health Interview Survey; FPL, federal poverty level.