Table 3.

Selected characteristics of the health status and insurance coverage of uninsured minority children and their caregivers (N = 267) in the Kids’ HELP trial.

Characteristic	Mean or %
Child’s health statusa
Excellent	31.6%
Very Good	29.3%
Good	29.0%
Fair	8.7%
Poor	1.5%
Primary caregiver aware that child is eligible for Medicaid or CHIP	49%
Child ever had health insurance before	95%
Insurance that uninsured child had in past
Medicaid	72%
CHIP	14%
Privateb	13%
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Socialc	1%
Mean months without insurance (range)	14.2 (1–144)
Median months without insurance (inner 95th percentile range)	6 (1, 84)
Primary caregiver’s health statusd
Excellent	14.9%
Very Good	23.1%
Good	39.3%
Fair	18.8%
Poor	3.9%
Primary caregiver has health insurance	26%
Type of insurance coverage for insured caregiver
Public	52%
Privatee	45%
Other	3%

^aBy parental report.

^bOf which 27% was through the caregiver’s employer-sponsored insurance.

^cPublic health insurance in Mexico.

^dBy self-report.

^eOf which 69% was employer-sponsored insurance.