The Institute's findings are compared with EBRI's findings in Table III.2 . The Institute found that a smaller percentage of children in all age groups were uninsured, but particularly among younger children. Hispanics were, by far, the most likely to be uninsured and the least likely to be covered by private health insurance. The lower rate of uninsurance among blacks in comparison to Hispanics was due to the fact that blacks were both more likely to be privately insured and more likely to be publicly insured. The rate of private and public insurance for blacks was 44 percent and 49 percent, respectively, versus 38 percent and 39 percent for Hispanics.
Blacks have the highest rates of public coverage.
Citizenship EBRI found that 10 percent of uninsured children were noncitizens versus 4 percent of the publicly insured and 2 percent of the privately insured. That such a high percentage of the uninsured children were noncitizens suggests that their parents disproportionately work at jobs without health benefits or, if they do not work, are less likely than citizens either to be eligible for or to participate in Medicaid. Thus, in terms of family characteristics, the uninsured seem to represent a middle ground between the privately and publicly insured. In many cases, their employer does not offer insurance because of the nature of the job. In terms of parents' employment status, EBRI once again found that uninsured children represented a middle ground between the privately and publicly insured.