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Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of uninsured children and their parents (N = 237)

From: The health and healthcare impact of providing insurance coverage to uninsured children: A prospective observational study

Characteristic

Mean or Proportion (N = 237)

Mean age of child, years (range)

7.3 (1–18)

Gender of child

 Male

119 (50%)

 Female

118 (50%)

Race/ethnicity of child

 Latino/Hispanic

155 (65%)

 African-American/black

82 (35%)

Child born in US

230 (97%)

Child has special healthcare needs

139 (59%)

Child ever had health insurance before

224 (95%)

Type of insurance uninsured child had in past

 Medicaid

169 (75%)

 CHIP

30 (13%)

 Private

24 (11%)

 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Sociala

1 (0.5%)

Median no. of months child has been uninsured (IPR95 b)

6 (1, 108)

Gender of primary caregiver

 Male

10 (4%)

 Female

227 (96%)

Primary caregiver’s relationship to child

 Biological mother

215 (91%)

 Biological father

8 (3%)

 Other

14 (6%)

Race/ethnicity of primary caregiver

 Latino/Hispanic

151 (64%)

 African-American/black

80 (34%)

 White

6 (2%)

Primary caregiver’s educational attainment

 Not high-school graduate

150 (64%)

 High-school graduate or at least some college

87 (36%)

Primary caregiver born in US

114 (48%)

Marital status of primary caregiver

 Married, living with spouse

86 (36%)

 Single

49 (21%)

 Married, separated from spouse

34 (14%)

 Living with partner

22 (9%)

 Common-law marriage

21 (9%)

 Divorced

20 (8%)

 Widowed

5 (2%)

Primary caregiver unemployed

130 (55%)

Primary caregiver has limited English proficiency

111 (47%)

Primary caregiver has health insurance

54 (26%)

Type of health insurance primary caregiver has

 Private

23 (43%)

 Public

27 (52%)

 Other

4 (5%)

Primary caregiver’s health status

 Excellent

32 (16%)

 Very good

47 (23%)

 Good

79 (39%)

 Fair

38 (19%)

 Poor

9 (4%)

Number of children in household

 1

67 (28%)

 2

81 (34%)

  ≥ 3

89 (38%)

Number of adults in household

 1

71 (30%)

 2

97 (41%)

  ≥ 3

69 (29%)

Mean combined annual family income, range

$22,060 ($0, $64,000)

Primary caregiver aware of child’s eligibility for Medicaid or CHIP

119 (52%)

  1. aPublic health insurance in Mexico
  2. bIPR95 denotes inner 95th percentile range