Table 3:

Family Mental Health Spending and Economic Status^*

	Two-parent families			Single-mother families
	Any, %	Mean**, dollars	Median** , dollars	Any, %	Mean**, dollars	Median**, dollars
Income
poor or near poor: <125% poverty line	24.54	2,020.74	874.23	31.50	3,082.39	1,260.06
low income: [125; 200)% poverty line	25.73	1,776.53	794.22	25.15	2,087.63	951.74
middle income:[200; 400)% poverty line	29.87	2,742.53	755.55	29.17	1,617.82	770.96
high income: >=400% poverty line	27.42	2,173.89	872.69	30.38	2,059.47	1,254.71
Employment
Any parent
not employed all year long	30.38	2,503.16	939.68	47.68	3,692.06	1,625.03
employed all year long	27.41	2,352.84	805.11	25.18	1,808.62	951.74
gained employment during a year	28.58	2,087.45	925.38	28.46	2,631.31	1,069.10
lost employment during a year	33.12	1,765.61	791.24	30.33	2,169.31	968.41
Health insurance
everyone in the family IS insured ALL year long	29.92	2,434.71	842.86	32.07	2,566.793	1,069.10
at least one family member not insured all year long	21.52	1,938.65	695.82	25.48	2,026.928	1,108.33

^*The analytic sample used pools eight two year MEPS panels. Table 3 describes sample characteristics based on year one of each panel.

^**Mean and median spending are calculated for subsample of families with positive spending.