Table 2.

Comparison of Survey Estimates of Characteristics of Nonelderly New Jersey Nongroup Health Insurance Enrollees

	Data Source
	Current Population Survey, 2002 (95% CI)	New Jersey Family Health Survey, 2001 (95% CI)	IHCP Supplement, 2002 (95% CI)†
Total enrollment	327,858* (259,574–396,142)	293,111* (261,922–362,405)	82,726
Years of age (% distribution)
Under 19	21.0 (15.8–26.2)	25.4* (22.4–35.9)	16.8 (14.3–19.2)
19–34	17.4* (11.7–23.0)	20.5* (17.2–29.8)	9.6 (7.6–11.5)
35–44	18.2 (12.8–23.6)	16.9 (13.5–25.3)	13.8 (11.5–16.0)
45–54	23.3 (16.8–29.7)	14.6 (11.3–22.3)	20.1 (17.4–22.7)
55–64	20.2* (12.8–27.6)	22.5* (19.4–32.4)	39.8 (36.6–43.0)
Percent female	49.2* (43.3–55.2)	55.7 (56.3–73.7)	60.4 (57.2–63.7)
Race/ethnicity (% distribution)
White, non-Hispanic	75.9* (67.6–84.1)	67.3 (69.9–84.6)	86.5 (84.2–88.7)
Black, non-Hispanic	6.8 (1.9–11.8)	210.5* (7.2–16.8)	3.0 (1.9–4.1)
Hispanic	10.4 (4.9–15.9)	11.8* (8.5–18.6)	5.2 (3.7–6.6)
Other	6.9 (1.5–12.3)	10.5 (7.2–16.8)	5.4 (3.9–6.9)
Education (% distribution)‡
Less than high school	11.0* (5.4–16.7)	7.0 (3.2–13.0)	3.7 (2.4–5.2)
High school	33.5 (24.9–42.0)	35.3 (31.2–49.7)	34.9 (31.3–38.3)
Some college	20.9 (13.8–28.0)	22.6 (17.9–34.1)	16.8 (14.1–19.5)
College graduate	34.6 (25.6–43.6)	35.1 (31.1–49.5)	43.2 (39.6–46.9)
Federal poverty level (% distribution)
Under 200%	19.4 (11.4–27.4)	34.0* (31.6–46.4)	14.7 (12.5–17.2)
200–349%	21.0 (12.8–29.2)	33.2 (30.8–45.5)	26.3 (23.3–29.1)
350% and more	59.6 (49.3–69.8)	32.8* (30.3–45.0)	58.9 (55.7–62.2)

^†Total enrollment is based on administrative reports (hence, a confidence interval is not calculated) and distributions of population characteristics are based on the IHCP sample survey (see text).

^‡Excludes individuals under 21 years old.

^*p < 0.05 compared with IHCP sample.

CI, confidence interval; IHCP, Individual Health Coverage Program.