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Supplementary Table 2
Health Insurance Coverage if Low Income Children (age 19 and under)




 
1997
1999
2001
 
Percent with coverage
Less than 200% of poverty  
Private Insurance 47.0 41.5* 42.3#
Medicaid/SCHIP 28.4 32.6*  36.0#
Other 4.6 5.5 5.7
Uninsured 20.1 20.5 16.1*#
Less than 100% of poverty  
Private Insurance 25.5 23.0 23.6
Mediaid/SCHIP 47.6 47.3 50.9
Other 5.4 5.9 5.5
Uninsured 21.5 23.7 20.0
Between 100-200% of poverty  
Private insurance 63.8 56.2* 57.0#
Medicaid/SCHIP 13.4 20.8* 24.2#
Other 3.6 4.8 4.7#
Uninsured 18.9 17.9 13.0*#

*Difference with previous year is statistically significant at .05 level.
#Difference between 1997 and 2001 is statistically significant at .05 level.
"Other" includes those covered by military insurance, Indian Health Service, Medicare, as well as a few covered by miscellaneous other public programs.
Source: HSC Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 1996-97, 1998-99 and 2000-01.

 

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