TABLE 2—
Descriptive Data on Study Population of Children in the Iowa Medicaid Program (n = 6322): 2000–2008
| Model Covariate | No. (%) |
| Ascribed factors | |
| Sex | |
| Female | 3129 (49.5) |
| Male | 3193 (50.5) |
| Race | |
| White | 4842 (76.6) |
| Non-White | 1277 (20.2) |
| Missing | 203 (3.2) |
| At risk for developing a chronic condition | |
| No | 4261 (67.4) |
| Yes | 2061 (32.6) |
| Eligibility for Medicaid through the Supplemental Security Income Program | |
| No | 6191 (97.9) |
| Yes | 131 (2.1) |
| Proximal factor | |
| Saw different medical providers for well baby visits | |
| No | 366 (5.8) |
| Yes | 5956 (94.2) |
| Immediate factor | |
| Mother used any preventive dental care in the 12 mo before the child was born | |
| No | 5320 (84.2) |
| Yes | 1002 (15.8) |
| Intermediate factor | |
| Rurality | |
| Metropolitan | 3507 (55.5) |
| Urban adjacent to metropolitan | 1227 (19.4) |
| Urban nonadjacent to metropolitan | 1217 (19.3) |
| Rural | 371 (5.9) |
| Distal factor | |
| Lived in a dental Health Professional Shortage area | |
| No | 2178 (34.5) |
| Yes | 4144 (65.5) |