Characteristics of US children and their families by current health insurance status and eligibility for public insurance (numbers are column percentages).

Child/Family Characteristic	All Children		Uninsured Children (when interviewed)
			Total	Medicaid Eligible	Eligible for CHIP	Ineligible for CHIP
Number of Children (millions)	72.5		8.8	3.1	3.6	2.1
(% of all uninsured children)	72.5		(100.0)	(35.4)	(40.6)	(24.1)
Length of time uninsured
Full year	--	75.5		71.7	81.4	70.9
Part year	--	24.5		28.3	18.5	29.1
Age
<1	4.0	3.7		6.0	1.5	4.0
1-5	27.1	25.3		38.4	13.8	25.2
6-12	38.4	38.1		40.4	37.0	36.5
13-18	30.4	33.0		15.2	47.7	34.3
Race
White	66.6	5.2		38.1	54.7	64.7
Black	14.2	15.0		19.4	15.0	8.4
Hispanic	13.9	31.3		39.7	28.2	24.2
Other	5.2	2.5		2.7	2.2	2.7
Income/Poverty level
<100%	19.8	36.0		79.7	19.2	0.0
100-<200%	24.7	39.2		20.3	79.1	0.0
200-<300%	19.0	15.1		0.0	1.7	59.8
>=300%	36.4	9.7		0.0	0.0	40.2
Family Composition
Single parent	27.9	32.6		38.7	33.9	21.7
Both parents	72.1	67.4		61.3	66.1	78.3
Health
Good / Excellent	95.2	93.1		91.5	93.2	95.2
Fair / Poor	4.8	6.9		8.5	6.8	4.8
Parents’ work status
1 parent working	45.8	54.4		54.7	54.6	53.6
2 parents working	39.8	24.9		15.0	26.0	37.7
None working	14.4	20.7		30.3	19.4	8.7
Parents’ work/ insurance status
Not working	14.4	20.7		30.3	19.4	8.7
No offer of health ins.	12.8	39.6		33.7	41.0	45.9
Ineligible for employer’s plan	4.1	15.5		15.8	14.8	16.1
Declines employer’s plan	5.1	9.4		9.4	7.4	12.7
Parent accepts employer plan	63.5	14.9		10.9	17.4	16.7
Usual source of care
None	5.4	20.0		21.3	23.5	10.1
Doctor office/HMO	71.6	44.7		32.6	41.5	72.2
Hospital outpatient clinic	6.1	9.4		8.9	11.3	6.6
Other clinic	14.3	20.3		28.7	17.2	7.7
Hospital ER	1.6	4.5		7.1	5.2	2.3
Other place	1.0	1.1		1.4	1.2	1.1