. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 4.

Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2016 Oct 15;36(2):181–201. doi: 10.1007/s11113-016-9416-y

Table 2.

Decomposition of disparity in proportion of person-years without health insurance prior to age 65

	African American v. non-Hispanic white	(%)	Hispanic v. non-Hispanic white	(%)	Asian v. non-Hispanic white	(%)
Disparity due to greater rate of insurance loss	0.10	126.18	0.17	77.91	0.04	97.85
Disparity due to lower rates of insurance gain	−0.02	−26.18	0.05	22.09	0.00	2.15

Overall Difference	0.08	100	0.22	100	0.04	100

Notes

Mortality is standardized across all groups using the 2010 US mortality tables. Values are standardized using the US population distribution in 2009. All infants are assumed to be insured at birth.

Data source: SIPP 2008, CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System