Table 1.

Uninsurance and Characteristics of US-Born Citizen Children in Immigrant Families by Mother’s Documentation Status^a,b.

Unweighted n	Total, N = 4080	Mother’s Status			P
		Citizen, n = 2092	Legal Permanent Resident, n = 1375	Undocumented immigrant, n = 613
Weighted % of total		51.1%	33.8%	15.1%
Uninsured	20.1%	14.9%	22.6%	31.9%	***
Child’s age (mean)	7.5	8.2	7.1	6.0	***
Female	50.1%	48.8%	51.1%	52.5%	.137
Household in metropolitan area	87.2%	88.8%	86.0%	84.5%	.154
Father’s documentation status
Citizen	44.3%	62.5%	31.7%	11.3%	***
Legal permanent resident	27.0%	19.9%	45.2%	10.7%
Undocumented immigrant	12.6%	4.9%	3.8%	58.1%
No father in household	16.1%	12.8%	19.3%	20.0%
Mother’s race/ethnicity
Non-Latina white	24.8%	31.8%	20.2%	11.1%	***
Latina	49.7%	33.5%	59.9%	81.3%
Non-Latina black	8.6%	11.0%	7.0%	3.8%
Non-Latina Asian	14.4%	19.6%	11.6%	3.4%
Non-Latina other/multiple	2.6%	4.1%	1.3%	0.4%
At least 1 parent in the United States for 5+ years	90.3%	93.1%	89.6%	82.9%	***
At least 1 person aged 15+ years speaks English well/very well	77.8%	91.5%	70.0%	49.0%	***
At least one parent with high school diploma or higher	79.1%	91.6%	69.2%	58.9%	***
Parental employment
No parent employed	9.4%	4.9%	13.4%	15.9%	***
At least one parent employed, but only part-time	15.9%	12.6%	17.7%	23.0%
At least one parent employed full-time	74.7%	82.5%	68.9%	61.0%
Family income as % of FPG
FPG ≤ 100%	28.5%	16.8%	35.3%	52.9%	***
FPG 101% to 200%	26.1%	22.3%	30.4%	29.2%
FPG 201% to 300%	15.1%	17.0%	14.5%	10.4%
FPG >300%	30.2%	43.9%	19.8%	7.4%

Abbreviation: FPG, federal poverty guidelines.

^aSource: Survey of Income & Program Participation, 2008 Panel Wave 2, December 2008.

^bχ² test of differences by parental documentation status, F-test for age differences: ***P < .001.