Table HI08.  Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18: 1999

                                                                       --------------------Covered by private or government health insurance-------------------- 
                                                                                    Private health insurance                                                     
                                                   Total          Not                                  Group  -----------Government health insurance------------ 
                                                 persons      covered        Total        Total       health        Total     Medicaid     Medicare      Champus 
ALL CHILDREN                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                 
 Total                                             72325        10023        62302        49822        46594        16579        14479          355         2080 
                                                                                                                                                                 
Age                                                                                                                                                              
Under 3 years                                      11713         1649        10064         7408         7105         3393         3034           60          346 
3 to 5 years                                       11867         1631        10237         7971         7582         2938         2632           73          310 
6 to 11 years                                      24761         3301        21460        17158        16217         5694         5010           95          698 
12 to 17 years                                     23984         3443        20541        17286        15690         4553         3804          127          726 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
Race                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                 
White                                              56666         7130        49536        41538        38789        10973         9383          210         1576 
 Non-Hispanic White                                45542         4071        41471        36516        34062         7371         6018          121         1366 
Black                                              11493         2062         9431         5785         5537         4528         4163          110          369 
Asian and Pacific Islander                          3066          511         2555         2072         1868          645          512           26          122 
Hispanic origin                                    11695         3187         8508         5245         4940         3851         3598           93          226 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
Region                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                 
Northeast                                          13189         1262        11927         9485         8871         3136         2921           67          216 
Midwest                                            17316         1638        15679        13249        12539         3344         3027           68          323 
South                                              24425         4030        20395        16018        14931         5809         4865          134          946 
West                                               17393         3093        14301        11070        10253         4291         3666           87          595 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
Nativity                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                 
Native                                             69488         9021        60466        48529        45458        15947        13890          334         2036 
Foreign-born                                        2837         1002         1835         1294         1137          632          589           21           45 
 Naturalized citizen                                 367           73          294          241          215           66           62            4            5 
Not a citizen                                       2470          929         1541         1053          922          566          527           17           40 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
Family Status                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                 
In families                                        70664         9455        61209        49189        46036        16004        13950          350         2032 
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Family type                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Married couple families                          51395         5941        45454        40031        37798         8029         6248          168         1781 
  Male householder, no spouse present               3427          825         2601         1949         1798          826          781           44           34 
  Female householder, no spouse present            15843         2689        13154         7210         6440         7150         6921          138          217 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Family income                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Less than $25,000                                17740         3825        13914         5746         4994         9456         9148          209          294 
  25,000-$49,999                                   19741         3150        16591        13839        12866         4094         3308          102          775 
  50,000-$74,999                                   14663         1347        13316        12647        12012         1256          853           22          402 
  75,000 or more                                   18521         1133        17388        16958        16163         1198          641           18          561 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Family Reference Person - Work Experience                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Worked during year                               59850         7395        52455        44380        41703        11465         9744          222         1691 
   Full time                                       52366         6323        46043        39845        37723         9083         7521          170         1543 
   Part time                                        7485         1072         6412         4535         3980         2382         2223           52          148 
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Did not work                                     10814         2060         8754         4809         4333         4539         4206          128          341 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
  Number of Family Workers Age 18-64                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                 
  None                                              3854          790         3064          745          527         2533         2465           68           64 
  One                                              27616         4221        23395        17064        15704         8143         7450          168          706 
  Two or more                                      39194         4444        34750        31380        29804         5329         4035          114         1262 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
In unrelated sub-families                            825          189          636          395          349          313          287            0           27 
Unrelated individuals                                835          379          456          239          209          261          243            5           22 
Table HI08.  Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18: 1999

                                                                   --------------Covered by private or government health in 
                                                                          Private healt                                     
                                                   Total      Not                 Group  --------Government health insuranc 
                                                 persons  covered  Total  Total  health  Total  Medicaid  Medicare  Champus 
ALL CHILDREN                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                            
 Total                                               100     13.9   86.1   68.9    64.4   22.9      20.0       0.5      2.9 
                                                                                                                            
Age                                                                                                                         
Under 3 years                                        100     14.1   85.9   63.3    60.7   29.0      25.9       0.5      3.0 
3 to 5 years                                         100     13.7   86.3   67.2    63.9   24.8      22.2       0.6      2.6 
6 to 11 years                                        100     13.3   86.7   69.3    65.5   23.0      20.2       0.4      2.8 
12 to 17 years                                       100     14.4   85.6   72.1    65.4   19.0      15.9       0.5      3.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
Race                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
White                                                100     12.6   87.4   73.3    68.5   19.4      16.6       0.4      2.8 
 Non-Hispanic White                                  100      8.9   91.1   80.2    74.8   16.2      13.2       0.3      3.0 
Black                                                100     17.9   82.1   50.3    48.2   39.4      36.2       1.0      3.2 
Asian and Pacific Islander                           100     16.7   83.3   67.6    60.9   21.0      16.7       0.8      4.0 
Hispanic origin                                      100     27.2   72.8   44.8    42.2   32.9      30.8       0.8      1.9 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
Region                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
Northeast                                            100      9.6   90.4   71.9    67.3   23.8      22.2       0.5      1.6 
Midwest                                              100      9.5   90.5   76.5    72.4   19.3      17.5       0.4      1.9 
South                                                100     16.5   83.5   65.6    61.1   23.8      19.9       0.5      3.9 
West                                                 100     17.8   82.2   63.6    58.9   24.7      21.1       0.5      3.4 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
Nativity                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
Native                                               100     13.0   87.0   69.8    65.4   22.9      20.0       0.5      2.9 
Foreign-born                                         100     35.3   64.7   45.6    40.1   22.3      20.8       0.7      1.6 
 Naturalized citizen                                 100     19.9   80.1   65.6    58.5   17.9      16.9       1.1      1.3 
Not a citizen                                        100     37.6   62.4   42.6    37.3   22.9      21.4       0.7      1.6 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
Family Status                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
In families                                          100     13.4   86.6   69.6    65.1   22.6      19.7       0.5      2.9 
                                                                                                                            
  Family type                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Married couple families                            100     11.6   88.4   77.9    73.5   15.6      12.2       0.3      3.5 
  Male householder, no spouse present                100     24.1   75.9   56.9    52.5   24.1      22.8       1.3      1.0 
  Female householder, no spouse present              100     17.0   83.0   45.5    40.6   45.1      43.7       0.9      1.4 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Family income                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
  Less than $25,000                                  100     21.6   78.4   32.4    28.2   53.3      51.6       1.2      1.7 
  25,000-$49,999                                     100     16.0   84.0   70.1    65.2   20.7      16.8       0.5      3.9 
  50,000-$74,999                                     100      9.2   90.8   86.2    81.9    8.6       5.8       0.1      2.7 
  75,000 or more                                     100      6.1   93.9   91.6    87.3    6.5       3.5       0.1      3.0 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Family Reference Person - Work Experience                                                                                 
                                                                                                                            
  Worked during year                                 100     12.4   87.6   74.2    69.7   19.2      16.3       0.4      2.8 
   Full time                                         100     12.1   87.9   76.1    72.0   17.3      14.4       0.3      2.9 
   Part time                                         100     14.3   85.7   60.6    53.2   31.8      29.7       0.7      2.0 
                                                                                                                            
  Did not work                                       100     19.0   81.0   44.5    40.1   42.0      38.9       1.2      3.1 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Number of Family Workers Age 18-64                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
  None                                               100     20.5   79.5   19.3    13.7   65.7      64.0       1.8      1.7 
  One                                                100     15.3   84.7   61.8    56.9   29.5      27.0       0.6      2.6 
  Two or more                                        100     11.3   88.7   80.1    76.0   13.6      10.3       0.3      3.2 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
In unrelated sub-families                            100     22.9   77.1   47.8    42.3   38.0      34.8       0.0      3.2 
Unrelated individuals                                100     45.4   54.6   28.6    25.1   31.3      29.0       0.6      2.6