The CPS is used because it is the most recent survey available and is the source of most official government statistics on the uninsured. Persons not born in the United States, one of its outlying territories, or to U.S. parents living abroad are foreign-born.
All persons born in the United States, including the children of illegal aliens, are natives.
For the purposes of this paper, foreign-born and immigrant are used synonymously. Current Population Report P60-208 . Since the survey was conducted in March 1999, it measures insurance coverage for 1998. No adjustments of any kind are made to the definition of insurance or the data in this paper. Totals for the uninsured presented here match those published by the Census Bureau.