Children's Health Insurance Patterns: A Review of the Literature

TABLE III.1
DISTRIBUTION OF ALL PRIVATELY INSURED, PUBLICLY INSURED,
AND UNINSURED CHILDREN BY VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS
Privately Insured

(n=47.0 million)

Publicly Insured

(n=18.8 million)

Uninsured

(n=9.8 million)

(percentage of children within coverage category)
Age 0 to 1 4.5 7.3 6.7
Age 1 to 5 26.8 35.0 26.5
Age 6 to 12 39.5 36.9 38.4
Age 13 to 17 29.2 20.8 28.4
White 76.3 42.9 49.4
Black 10.5 29.1 17.5
Hispanic 8.4 21.4 28.2
Other 4.8 6.5 4.9
(percentage of children within race category)
White 77.9 17.5 10.5
Black 44.1 48.7 15.3
Hispanic 38.3 39.0 26.8
Other 62.4 33.8 13.3
(percentage of children within coverage category)
Noncitizens 2 4 10
Single-parent families 20 56 38
Families with incomes below 200% of poverty 25 79 70
At least one parent employed 98 68 89
At least one parent employed full-time, full-year 88 38 64
At least one uninsured parent - - 80
At least one parent with employment-based insurance 92 - 16
At least one parent with a college degree 32 8 11
Source: Fronstin (1996); Fronstin (1997a).