Table 3. Measures of health status for persons under 18 years, by Medicaid eligibility, poverty level, and aid category: United States, 1980.
| Item | Population in thousands | Percent in fair or poor health | Restricted-activity days | ||||||
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| Mean for— | Percent distribution | ||||||||
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| All persons | Persons in fair or poor health | Persons with 15 or more days | 0 | 1 to 7 | 8 to 14 | 15 or more | |||
| Under 6 years | |||||||||
| Without Medicaid: | |||||||||
| Poor1 | 3,517 | (2) | 7.1 | (2) | 29.0 | 28.7 | 39.5 | 18.3 | 13.6 |
| Not poor | 12,596 | 3.0 | 7.7 | 16.2 | 27.4 | 24.4 | 43.8 | 16.9 | 14.8 |
| With Medicaid | 4,692 | 36.7 | 8.2 | 326.4 | 334.6 | 333.1 | 337.0 | 15.4 | 14.6 |
| AFDC, cash | 3,771 | (2) | 7.5 | (2) | 32.3 | 335.9 | 334.8 | 15.9 | 13.4 |
| All other | 922 | (2) | 411.3 | (2) | (2) | 21.3 | 46.0 | (2) | (2) |
| 6-17 years | |||||||||
| Without Medicaid: | |||||||||
| Poor1 | 6,017 | 4.4 | 7.1 | 49.6 | 36.1 | 31.6 | 38.3 | 17.6 | 12.5 |
| Not poor | 32,419 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 26.2 | 32.2 | 28.4 | 43.7 | 14.4 | 13.5 |
| With Medicaid | 6,874 | 37.8 | 6.6 | 310.2 | 33.1 | 3,539.2 | 36.3 | 512.5 | 12.0 |
| AFDC, cash | 5,833 | 37.8 | 6.5 | 310.6 | 33.5 | 3,539.8 | 37.0 | 3,511.4 | 11.9 |
| All other | 1,042 | (2) | 7.0 | (2) | (2) | 36.0 | 32.7 | (2) | (2) |
1
Less than or equal to 150 percent of the poverty level (income adjusted for family size).
2
Fewer than 20 cases or relative standard error greater than or equal to 50 percent.
3
Significantly different at the.05 level from the population without Medicaid who are not poor.
4
Relative standard error is greater than 30 percent but less than 50 percent.
5
Significantly different at the .05 level from the population without Medicaid who are poor.
NOTES: AFDC is Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration and National Center for Health Statistics: Data from the household survey component, National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey, 1980.