Table 3.
Probit Estimates of the Marginal Effect on Probability of Remaining Uninsured for Medicaid-Eligible, Citizen Children, 2008–2010
| Marginal Effect | SE | Marginal Effect | SE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immigrant family | 0.022 | 0.0035*** | DC × Immigrant family | 0.004 | 0.0399 |
| Naturalized citizen | 0.015 | 0.0054*** | FL × Immigrant family | 0.025 | 0.0065*** |
| Hispanic | −0.002 | 0.0018 | GA × Immigrant family | 0.058 | 0.0105*** |
| American Indian | 0.053 | 0.0045*** | HI × Immigrant family | −0.021 | 0.0205 |
| Black | −0.017 | 0.0016*** | ID × Immigrant family | 0.038 | 0.0246 |
| Asian | −0.017 | 0.0028*** | IL × Immigrant family | −0.010 | 0.0081 |
| Other race | 0.002 | 0.0021 | IN × Immigrant family | 0.010 | 0.0129 |
| Age 3–5 years | 0.014 | 0.0014*** | IA × Immigrant family | −0.010 | 0.0204 |
| Age 6–8 years | 0.021 | 0.0016*** | KS × Immigrant family | −0.006 | |
| Age 9–11 years | 0.029 | 0.0017*** | KY × Immigrant family | 0.005 | 0.0206 |
| Age 12–15 years | 0.045 | 0.0017*** | LA × Immigrant family | 0.003 | 0.0218 |
| Age 16–17 years | 0.077 | 0.0023*** | ME × Immigrant family | −0.045 | 0.0255* |
| Male | −0.001 | 0.0008 | MD × Immigrant family | 0.004 | 0.0114 |
| Poverty level | MA × Immigrant family | −0.018 | 0.0118 | ||
| 0–100 Pct of poverty | 0.029 | 0.0023*** | MI × Immigrant family | 0.008 | 0.0152 |
| 101–200 Pct of poverty | 0.032 | 0.0020*** | MN × Immigrant family | 0.017 | 0.0165 |
| Household (HH) with: | MS × Immigrant family | 0.112 | 0.0443** | ||
| No high school grads | 0.025 | 0.0021*** | MO × Immigrant family | 0.021 | 0.0160 |
| Zero workers in HH | −0.034 | 0.0020*** | MT × Immigrant family | 0.006 | 0.0433 |
| One worker in HH | −0.009 | 0.0014*** | NE × Immigrant family | 0.057 | 0.0320* |
| Child with | NV × Immigrant family | 0.025 | 0.0130* | ||
| Neither parent in HH | 0.028 | 0.0044*** | NH × Immigrant family | 0.059 | 0.0495 |
| Only father in HH | 0.025 | 0.0023*** | NJ × Immigrant family | 0.021 | 0.0089** |
| Only mother in HH | −0.014 | 0.0015*** | NM × Immigrant family | 0.009 | 0.0159 |
| Year = 2009 | −0.024 | 0.0014*** | NY × Immigrant family | −0.013 | 0.0053** |
| Year = 2010 | −0.033 | 0.0014*** | NC × Immigrant family | 0.017 | 0.0102* |
| Immigrant family × State interactions | ND × Immigrant family | −0.032 | 0.0542 | ||
| AL × Immigrant family | 0.028 | 0.0209 | OH × Immigrant family | 0.048 | 0.0183*** |
| AK × Immigrant family | −0.044 | 0.0315 | OK × Immigrant family | −0.002 | 0.0146 |
| AZ × Immigrant family | 0.010 | 0.0084 | OR × Immigrant family | −0.011 | 0.0111 |
| AR × Immigrant family | 0.006 | 0.0205 | PA × Immigrant family | 0.005 | 0.0115 |
| CO × Immigrant family | 0.036 | 0.0128*** | RI × Immigrant family | −0.013 | 0.0202 |
| CT × Immigrant family | 0.049 | 0.0199** | SC × Immigrant family | 0.033 | 0.0187* |
| DE × Immigrant family | 0.021 | 0.0420 | SD × Immigrant family | −0.023 | 0.0426 |
| TN × Immigrant family | 0.040 | 0.0164** | MN | −0.005 | 0.0058 |
| TX × Immigrant family | 0.013 | 0.0050** | MS | 0.028 | 0.0075*** |
| UT × Immigrant family | 0.134 | 0.0236*** | MO | −0.015 | 0.0043*** |
| VT × Immigrant family | 0.065 | 0.1311 | MT | 0.055 | 0.0131*** |
| VA × Immigrant family | 0.060 | 0.0170*** | NE | −0.041 | 0.0064*** |
| WA × Immigrant family | 0.017 | 0.0106 | NV | 0.106 | 0.0124*** |
| WV × Immigrant family | 0.191 | 0.1198 | NH | −0.031 | 0.0083*** |
| WI × Immigrant family | 0.016 | 0.0185 | NJ | −0.027 | 0.0042*** |
| WY × Immigrant family | 0.021 | 0.0818 | NM | −0.008 | 0.0071 |
| State fixed-effects | NY | −0.041 | 0.0028*** | ||
| AL | −0.018 | 0.0046*** | NC | −0.009 | 0.0043** |
| AK | 0.010 | 0.0148 | ND | 0.019 | 0.0206 |
| AZ | 0.031 | 0.0064*** | OH | −0.013 | 0.0042*** |
| AR | −0.037 | 0.0050*** | OK | 0.000 | 0.0063 |
| CO | 0.039 | 0.0073*** | OR | 0.026 | 0.0073*** |
| CT | −0.054 | 0.0048*** | PA | −0.028 | 0.0034*** |
| DE | −0.026 | 0.0127** | RI | −0.033 | 0.0107*** |
| DC | −0.071 | 0.0062*** | SC | 0.030 | 0.0067*** |
| FL | 0.065 | 0.0052*** | SD | −0.005 | 0.0140 |
| GA | 0.012 | 0.0046** | TN | −0.033 | 0.0036*** |
| HI | −0.048 | 0.0082*** | TX | 0.053 | 0.0044*** |
| ID | 0.017 | 0.0095* | UT | 0.014 | 0.0080* |
| IL | −0.037 | 0.0039*** | VT | −0.061 | 0.0073*** |
| IN | 0.018 | 0.0053*** | VA | −0.012 | 0.0053** |
| IA | −0.037 | 0.0062*** | WA | −0.019 | 0.0046*** |
| KS | 0.010 | 0.0082 | WV | −0.042 | 0.0056*** |
| KY | −0.029 | 0.0047*** | WI | −0.039 | 0.0045*** |
| LA | −0.021 | 0.0048*** | WY | −0.013 | 0.0152 |
| ME | −0.042 | 0.0080*** | |||
| MD | −0.037 | 0.0044*** | |||
| MA | −0.074 | 0.0026*** | |||
| MI | −0.043 | 0.0032*** | |||
| Number of Observations | 861,116 |
*
p < .1, **p < .05, ***p < .01.
Source. Authors' estimates from the American Community Surveys (2008, 2009, 2010).