Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Medicaid Eligible, Citizen Children
| Immigrant Families | Non-immigrant Families | All Children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std. Err. | Mean | Std. Err. | Mean | Std. Err. | |
| Immigrant Family | 100.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% | 26.5% | 0.09% |
| Naturalized Citizen | 2.4% | 0.05% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.7% | 0.01% |
| Native Born Citizen | 97.6% | 0.05% | 99.9% | 0.01% | 99.3% | 0.01% |
| Hispanic | 70.4% | 0.18% | 15.5% | 0.09% | 30.0% | 0.10% |
| American Indian | 1.0% | 0.04% | 3.0% | 0.04% | 2.5% | 0.03% |
| Black | 8.8% | 0.12% | 28.0% | 0.11% | 22.9% | 0.09% |
| Asian | 11.7% | 0.12% | 1.5% | 0.03% | 4.2% | 0.04% |
| Other Race | 26.0% | 0.18% | 4.8% | 0.05% | 10.4% | 0.07% |
| White | 56.2% | 0.20% | 68.9% | 0.12% | 65.6% | 0.10% |
| Age 0–2 | 20.6% | 0.11% | 18.5% | 0.06% | 19.0% | 0.06% |
| Age 3–5 | 19.8% | 0.10% | 17.8% | 0.06% | 18.4% | 0.05% |
| Age 6–8 | 17.4% | 0.09% | 16.7% | 0.05% | 16.9% | 0.05% |
| Age 9–11 | 15.4% | 0.09% | 16.3% | 0.05% | 16.1% | 0.05% |
| Age 12–15 | 18.5% | 0.10% | 20.8% | 0.06% | 20.1% | 0.05% |
| Age 16–17 | 8.4% | 0.07% | 9.8% | 0.05% | 9.4% | 0.04% |
| Male | 51.2% | 0.13% | 51.1% | 0.08% | 51.1% | 0.07% |
| Poverty Level | ||||||
| 0% – 100% of Poverty | 39.7% | 0.21% | 40.3% | 0.12% | 40.1% | 0.11% |
| 101% – 200% of Poverty | 46.5% | 0.21% | 43.8% | 0.12% | 44.5% | 0.10% |
| Over 200% of Poverty | 13.8% | 0.13% | 16.0% | 0.08% | 15.4% | 0.07% |
| Household (HH) with: | ||||||
| No High School Graduates | 29.0% | 0.19% | 9.6% | 0.08% | 14.7% | 0.08% |
| One or more HS Graduates | 71.0% | 0.19% | 90.4% | 0.08% | 85.3% | 0.08% |
| Zero workers in HH | 6.4% | 0.11% | 13.2% | 0.09% | 11.4% | 0.07% |
| One worker in HH | 49.7% | 0.21% | 53.9% | 0.12% | 52.8% | 0.11% |
| Two or more workers | 43.8% | 0.20% | 33.0% | 0.11% | 35.8% | 0.10% |
| Child with | ||||||
| Neither parent in HH | 1.2% | 0.04% | 1.3% | 0.02% | 1.3% | 0.02% |
| Only father in HH | 8.0% | 0.11% | 9.1% | 0.07% | 8.8% | 0.06% |
| Only mother in HH | 24.6% | 0.17% | 48.6% | 0.12% | 42.2% | 0.10% |
| Two parents in HH | 66.1% | 0.19% | 41.1% | 0.12% | 47.7% | 0.10% |
| Year = 2008 | 30.4% | 0.19% | 30.5% | 0.11% | 30.5% | 0.10% |
| Year = 2009 | 34.3% | 0.20% | 34.0% | 0.11% | 34.1% | 0.10% |
| Year = 2010 | 35.3% | 0.20% | 35.5% | 0.12% | 35.4% | 0.10% |
| Number of Observations | 206,864 | 654,252 | 861,116 | |||
Source: Authors’ estimates from the American Community Surveys (2008, 2009, 2010)
Estimates weighted with the ACS survey weights.