Table 3.
Child and parent full-year* health insurance status patterns, by income level, 1998 through 2008
| Full-year insurance status* | Years | < 200 % FPL Unweighted N (%) |
200– < 400 FPL Unweighted N (%) |
≥400 FPL Unweighted N (%) |
Total Unweighted N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child insured/parent insured** | 1998 | 1,688 (54.5) | 1,489 (78.4) | 1,039 (89.9) | 4,216 (72.4) |
| 1999 | 1,484 (52.6) | 1,529 (79.0) | 1,222 (88.5) | 4,235 (71.5) | |
| 2000 | 1,419 (50.7) | 1,520 (75.5) | 1,280 (90.0) | 4,219 (71.0) | |
| 2001 | 2,022 (50.7) | 2,090 (77.5) | 1,642 (89.6) | 5,754 (71.2) | |
| 2002 | 2,605 (51.9) | 2,402 (77.2) | 1,781 (90.3) | 6,788 (71.4) | |
| 2003 | 2,636 (51.7) | 1,852 (78.9) | 1,428 (88.6) | 5,916 (71.4) | |
| 2004 | 2,622 (52.9) | 1,687 (77.4) | 1,460 (89.2) | 5,769 (71.3) | |
| 2005 | 2,522 (53.2) | 1,705 (75.4) | 1,458 (89.2) | 5,685 (70.9) | |
| 2006 | 2,411 (51.9) | 1,672 (74.1) | 1,471 (89.8) | 5,554 (70.3) | |
| 2007 | 2,029 (48.6) | 1,532 (72.0) | 1,341 (88.6) | 4,902 (68.4) | |
| 2008 | 2,305 (48.6) | 1,655 (72.9) | 1,265 (87.6) | 5,225 (67.2) | |
| Child insured/parent not insured** | 1998 | 461 (12.4) | 88 (3.8) | # | 561 (6.3) |
| 1999 | 500 (16.0) | 69 (2.7) | # | 594 (7.6) | |
| 2000 | 537 (15.7) | 98 (4.6) | # | 651 (7.5) | |
| 2001 | 767 (17.0) | 152 (4.7) | # | 949 (8.3) | |
| 2002 | 1,232 (20.9) | 211 (5.3) | # | 1,476 (10.0) | |
| 2003 | 1,322 (21.6) | 232 (6.1) | # | 1,585 (10.8) | |
| 2004 | 1,371 (22.5) | 176 (6.1) | # | 1,569 (11.1) | |
| 2005 | 1,431 (24.3) | 189 (6.6) | # | 1,641 (11.8) | |
| 2006 | 1,361 (23.9) | 222 (7.8) | # | 1,612 (12.0) | |
| 2007 | 1,208 (24.7) | 180 (7.3) | # | 1,413 (12.2) | |
| 2008 | 1,407 (25.1) | 179 (7.1) | # | 1,619 (12.7) | |
| Child not insured/parent insured** | 1998 | 242 (6.8) | 123 (4.6) | # | 393 (4.8) |
| 1999 | 230 (7.2) | 148 (5.8) | 50 (3.4) | 428 (5.6) | |
| 2000 | 180 (6.6) | 122 (6.3) | 57 (4.1) | 359 (5.7) | |
| 2001 | 273 (6.7) | 156 (5.2) | 50 (2.7) | 479 (5.0) | |
| 2002 | 260 (4.8) | 200 (5.4) | 80 (3.9) | 540 (4.7) | |
| 2003 | 304 (5.5) | 136 (5.4) | 69 (3.7) | 509 (5.0) | |
| 2004 | 287 (5.6) | 134 (5.7) | 52 (3.4) | 473 (5.0) | |
| 2005 | 225 (4.7) | 163 (6.5) | 64 (3.8) | 542 (5.1) | |
| 2006 | 220 (4.4) | 142 (5.7) | 79 (4.3) | 441 (4.8) | |
| 2007 | 228 (5.8) | 130 (5.6) | 63 (3.9) | 421 (5.1) | |
| 2008 | 241 (4.9) | 160 (7.0) | 69 (5.3) | 470 (5.7) | |
| Child not insured/parent not insured** | 1998 | 920 (26.3) | 314 (13.2) | 106 (7.1) | 1,340 (16.6) |
| 1999 | 884 (24.3) | 297 (12.6) | 101 (6.5) | 1,282 (15.3) | |
| 2000 | 962 (27.0) | 360 (13.7) | 83 (4.8) | 1,405 (15.8) | |
| 2001 | 1,116 (25.7) | 401 (12.7) | 116 (6.3) | 1,633 (15.6) | |
| 2002 | 1,311 (22.5) | 437 (12.1) | 107 (4.6) | 1,855 (13.9) | |
| 2003 | 1,183 (21.2) | 283 (9.7) | 106 (5.9) | 1,572 (12.9) | |
| 2004 | 1,146 (19.0) | 299 (10.8) | 101 (6.3) | 1,546 (12.7) | |
| 2005 | 1,033 (17.7) | 310 (11.5) | 104 (5.9) | 1,447 (12.3) | |
| 2006 | 1,120 (19.8) | 337 (12.4) | 87 (4.7) | 1,544 (12.9) | |
| 2007 | 984 (21.0) | 332 (14.2) | 101 (6.1) | 1,417 (14.3) | |
| 2008 | 1,080 (21.4) | 304 (13.0) | 96 (5.8) | 1,480 (14.4) |
Source: Medical expenditures panel survey-household component (MEPS-HC), 1998–2008
FPL federal poverty level
Full-year insurance status: MEPS-HC assesses insurance coverage status monthly, so we utilized each person’s monthly coverage status to create full-year insurance variables. To be considered insured for the full-year, the child and/or parents had to report having some health insurance coverage in all 12 months of the calendar year
For ‘parent’ insurance status, we considered parents insured if at least one parent was insured for the full-year. Parents were uninsured if the sole parent (in single parent households) or both parents were uninsured for some or all of the year
Estimates unreliable due to small number (N < 30)