TABLE 2.

Health Insurance Status of Low-Income US-Born and Immigrant Children in the United States: National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2004

	1997, % (SE)	1998, % (SE)	1999, % (SE)	2000, % (SE)	2001, % (SE)	2002, % (SE)	2003, % (SE)	2004, % (SE)
US-born children
Public health insurance	40.5 (1.1)	40.4 (1.1)	42.1 (1.3)	45.0 (1.2)	49.6 (1.3)	52.7 (1.3)	57.2 (1.2)	55.5 (1.2)
Private health insurance	41.1 (1.1)	42.1 (1.1)	40.7 (1.2)	38.3 (1.3)	37.9 (1.3)	36.3 (1.3)	31.5 (1.2)	34.1 (1.2)
Uninsured	18.4 (0.8)	17.5 (0.8)	17.2 (0.9)	16.7 (0.9)	12.4 (0.9)	10.9 (0.7)	11.3 (0.8)	10.4 (0.8)
US-born children with foreign-born parents
Public health insurance	47.1 (2.0)	38.8 (2.1)	41.3 (2.2)	44.4 (1.9)	50.7 (2.1)	54.2 (2.0)	60.0 (2.0)	60.2 (1.9)
Private health insurance	27.9 (1.9)	30.4 (1.8)	28.0 (2.0)	29.7 (1.7)	27.3 (1.9)	24.8 (2.0)	21.7 (1.7)	23.2 (1.8)
Uninsured	24.9 (1.5)	30.8 (1.8)	30.7 (1.7)	25.9 (1.6)	21.9 (1.6)	20.9 (1.4)	18.3 (1.6)	16.6 (1.3)
Foreign-born children with foreign-born parents
Public health insurance	29.3 (3.0)	18.7 (2.9)	24.3 (3.2)	23.9 (3.2)	30.4 (3.5)	28.0 (3.5)	32.8 (3.6)	31.9 (3.4)
Private health insurance	21.2 (2.9)	31.0 (3.3)	21.6 (3.5)	24.1 (2.5)	20.8 (2.9)	21.5 (3.4)	12.3 (2.3)	14.5 (2.6)
Uninsured	49.5 (2.9)	50.3 (3.5)	54.1 (4.0)	51.9 (3.4)	48.8 (3.3)	50.5 (3.9)	54.9 (3.4)	53.7 (3.7)

Note. All percentages are weighted. See “Methods” section for details on income and health insurance variables.