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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Mar;37(3):394–402. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0978

Exhibit 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Nonexpansion states Expansion states
Non-mixed-status households
(n = 1,067,281)
Mixed-status households
(n = 24,256)
Non-mixed-status households
(n = 1,503,683)
Mixed-status households
(n = 60,321)
Female 54.8% 53.5% 53.6% 55.0%
Age range (years)
 Younger than 25 36.7% 45.9% 38.7% 44.0%
 25–50 45.0 40.8 43.6 40.6
 50–64 18.3 13.3 17.6 15.4
Race/ethnicity
 Black 25.1% 11.0% 14.6% 5.8%
 Hispanic 15.1 64.7 19.7 66.2
Spanish speaker 12.1 63.1 14.6 63.5
Noncitizen 3.0 20.3 5.0 28.0
Education
 Less than high school 16.9% 27.4% 15.4% 28.3%
 High school graduate 45.5 37.9 43.4 36.3
 At least some college 28.8 26.3 29.9 26.1
 College or more 8.8 8.4 11.3 9.3
Mean number in HIU of:
 Adults 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
 Children 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Mean HIU income as percentage of FPL 58.4 57.0 56.9 54.3
Married 24.3% 28.5% 22.5% 26.9%
Employed 45.1% 52.0% 44.1% 47.8%
Difficulty with self-care 3.7% 1.8% 3.4% 1.9%
Medicaida 23.2% 17.8% 34.7% 36.1%

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data for 2009–15 from the American Community Survey and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. NOTES The sample included survey respondents ages 18–64 with health insurance unit income less than or equal to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, at least five years of residence in the United States, and at least one other person in their household. Mixed-status households are those in which at least one member was determined to likely have undocumented immigration status. Expansion states are those that expanded eligibility for Medicaid. HIU is respondent’s health insurance unit. FPL is federal poverty level.

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Respondents who indicated receiving “Medicaid, Medical Assistance, or any kind of government-assistance plan for those with low incomes or a disability.”