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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2012 Apr;16(0 1):S61–S69. doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-0995-x

Table 2.

Multiple Logistic Regression Model for Uninsured Children Living In Households < 200% FPL by Predisposing Factors, Enabling Resources, and Need (N=16,753)

Variable Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Predisposing Factor

Child Age (years)
0 to 5 Reference Reference
6 to 11 1.33 (1.03, 1.72) 1.57 (1.15, 2.16)
12 to 17 1.69 (1.33, 2.16) 1.93 (1.41, 2.64)
Child Gender
Male Reference Reference
Female 0.97 (0.79, 1.18) 0.98 (0.79, 1.22)
Child Race
White Reference Reference
Black 0.61 (0.48, 0.78) 0.87 (0.64, 1.20)
Multi-racial 0.57 (0.39, 0.84) 0.79 (0.52, 1.20)
Other 0.86 (0.53, 1.37) 0.80 (0.46, 1.40)
Child Ethnic Group
Non-Hispanic Reference Reference
Hispanic 1.56 (1.25, 1.94) 1.14 (0.79, 1.65)
Family Structure
Single mother, no father present Reference Reference
Two parent biological/adopted 1.80 (1.41, 2.29) 1.19 (0.88, 1.62)
Two parent step family 1.19 (0.84, 1.69) 0.84 (0.58, 1.22)
Other 1.22 (0.80, 1.87) 0.95 (0.60, 1.51)
Parent Education Level
< High School Reference Reference
≥ High School 0.94 (0.74, 1.20) 0.98 (0.73, 1.32)
Parental Coping1 1.11 (0.91, 1.35) 1.09 (0.86, 1.37)
Parental Stress Index1 1.01 (0.88, 1.13) 1.10 (0.95, 1.27)
Poverty Level1 1.23 (1.14, 1.33) 1.07 (0.97, 1.17)

Enabling Resources

Needs Based Social Programs
Welfare
No Reference Reference
Yes 0.32 (0.23, 0.46) 0.75 (0.49, 1.16)
SNAP
No Reference Reference
Yes 0.25 (0.20, 0.32) 0.33 (0.24, 0.46)
School Lunch
No Reference Reference
Yes 0.67 (0.54, 0.82) 0.67 (0.52, 0.86)
Employed for at least 50 weeks
No Reference Reference
Yes 1.49 (1.19, 1.87) 1.16 (0.89, 1.52)

Need

Presence of a Special Health Care Need
No Reference Reference
Yes 0.51 (0.39, 0.66) 0.53 (0.39, 0.72)

Model includes state of residence as a covariate.

1

Continuous variables – no reference group