Table 1.

Descriptive analysis of the demographic characteristics, health risk profile and self-reported healthcare access among young adults in CHIS 2005 and 2007 (percentage rates).

	CHIS 2005 (N=3,670) Population estimates = 4,529,411	CHIS 2007 (N=3,621) Population estimates = 4,679,521
Age    18-22    23-26	57.4% 42.7%	62.0% 38.0%
Gender    F	48.3%	48.6%
Race/Ethnicity    White    Black    Latino    Asian    Multiracial    Native/Alaskan American    Pacific Islander	33.4% 5.8% 45.7% 12.1% 2.0% 0.6% 0.4%	34.6% 5.9% 41.8% 14.8% 1.9% 0.5% 0.5%
Income    0-99% FPL    100-199% FPL    200-299% FPL    >300% FPL	20.0% 22.7% 15.6% 41.7%	20.8% 19.2% 15.6% 44.4%
Currently insured	70.7%	74.1%
Overweight/Obese	41.8%	40.4%
Have at least 1 sex partner in the past 12 months*	73.8%	74.4%
Healthcare access Presence of usual source of care    Doctor’s office/HMO/Kaiser    Community/Government/Community    Hospital Clinic	70.0% 43.3% 26.7%	NA NA NA

^*Source: AskCHIS. An online search tool to obtain health statistics from CHIS.

^§NA means the variable is not available for analysis either due the question not asked in that year’s survey or the variable is not in the public use file.

^†Defined as body mass index >25 based on self-reported weight and height.