TABLE 1—

Characteristics of Children Who Disenrolled From Medicaid During Observation Period: National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2004

	Unweighted No.
Characteristic	Not Reenrolled, Censored (n = 718)	Reenrolled, Not Censored (n = 1794)	Total (n = 2512)	Weighted % (SE)
Age at first disenrollment, y
< 6	177	764	941	37.2 (1.1)
6–11	352	839	1191	47.6 (1.2)
≥12	189	191	380	15.2 (0.9)
Gender
Male	365	914	1279	49.2 (1.1)
Female	353	880	1233	50.8 (1.1)
Race
Non-Hispanic White	365	585	950	45.4 (1.6)
Non-Hispanic Black	98	416	514	20.4 (1.2)
Non-Hispanic all others	21	44	65	4.1 (0.6)
Hispanic	234	749	983	30.2 (1.3)
Health status
Excellent or very good	573	1282	1855	74.6 (1.2)
Good, fair, or poor	145	512	657	25.4 (1.2)
Highest level of parental education
≥ some college, associate degree, technical degree	412	688	1100	47.7 (1.4)
High school	194	601	795	31.8 (1.3)
< high school	112	505	617	20.5 (1.1)
Income-to-poverty ratio,a %
< 100	112	741	853	31.1 (1.4)
100–149	150	441	592	22.9 (1.4)
150–199	145	261	405	16.4 (1.2)
≥ 200	311	351	662	29.6 (1.3)
MSA status
In MSA, in central city	197	681	878	31.8 (1.5)
In MSA, not in central city	359	740	1099	45.5 (1.7)
Not in MSA	162	373	535	22.7 (1.4)

Note. MSA = metropolitan statistical area. Children were aged 5–13 years in 2004. Observation period was 1999–2008. Data are from the National Health Interview Survey, 2004 and Medicaid Analytic eXtract 1999–2008 linked data files.

^aNumbers of observations in each income-to-poverty ratio category are averages rounded to the nearest whole number across the 5 imputed values for these values. Because of rounding, censored and noncensored columns may not add exactly to total column. Similarly, numbers of observations in categories may not add exactly to column totals.