Table 2. Health insurance coverage of the under 65 civilian noninstitutionalized population: Percent by types of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent distribution
		Private	Employment- related	Nonemployment- related	Public only	Uninsured
Totala	231,676	68.7	64.1	4.6	12.1	19.2
Employment statusb
Employed	124,218	78.3	73.6	4.7	3.3	18.4
Not employed	42,469	49.8	44.2	5.6	23.8	26.4
Sex
Male	115,104	68.3	63.6	4.7	11.0	20.7
Female	116,572	69.2	64.7	4.5	13.1	17.7
Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic	26,898	44.6	42.1	2.5	20.3	35.1
Total Black	30,297	49.9	47.9	2.1	25.2	24.8
Total White	163,378	76.7	71.4	5.3	8.1	15.2
Total Other	11,104	61.4	55.9	5.5	14.2	24.3
Hispanic male	13,671	43.7	40.6	3.1	17.4	38.9
Black male	14,297	50.9	48.6	2.3	22.5	26.6
White male	81,443	75.9	70.7	5.2	7.7	16.3
Hispanic female	13,227	45.6	43.6	1.9	23.2	31.2
Black female	16,000	49.0	47.2	1.8	27.7	23.2
White female	81,934	77.4	72.0	5.4	8.5	14.0
Marital statusc
Married	91,323	80.9	76.2	4.7	5.2	13.9
Widowed	3,412	58.7	50.3	8.4	17.2	24.1
Divorced	16,952	60.6	56.2	4.4	12.9	26.6
Separated	4,291	45.0	43.4	1.6	24.5	30.5
Never married	51,495	59.3	53.6	5.7	11.0	29.8
Metropolitan statistical area
MSA	186,152	70.2	65.9	4.3	11.5	18.3
Non-MSA	45,524	62.7	57.0	5.7	14.3	23.0
Census region
Northeast	44,555	72.1	68.4	3.7	12.3	15.6
Midwest	54,045	74.3	70.3	4.0	10.2	15.5
South	80,707	65.7	61.2	4.5	11.7	22.6
West	52,370	64.8	58.7	6.0	14.4	20.9
a Total includes persons with unknown marital status. bEmployment status is defined for individuals age 16 and older. cMarital status is defined for individuals age 17 and older. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 3. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Percent by types of coverage and perceived health status, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent distribution
		Private	Employment- related	Nonemployment- related	Public only	Uninsured
Total < age 65a	231,676	68.7	64.1	4.6	12.1	19.2
Total age 65+a	31,839	61.5	36.0	25.5	37.6	0.9
Perceived health status, < age 65
Excellent	89,770	74.4	69.3	5.1	8.2	17.4
Very good	70,584	73.1	68.3	4.8	10.1	16.9
Good	49,509	62.3	58.8	3.6	14.9	22.8
Fair	15,400	50.1	45.9	4.2	24.9	25.1
Poor	5,588	38.8	35.1	3.7	39.8	21.4
Perceived health status, age 65 +
Excellent	5,832	66.4	40.8	25.6	32.6	1.0
Very good	7,940	67.8	40.9	26.9	31.4	0.8
Good	9,131	60.9	35.6	25.3	38.1	1.1
Fair	5,921	55.4	30.1	25.4	44.1	0.5
Poor	2,638	52.0	28.2	23.8	47.6	0.3
a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 4. Health insurance coverage of the population ages 19-24: Percent by types of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent distribution
		Private	Employment- related	Public only	Uninsured
Totala	21,643	53.4	47.3	8.7	37.8
Employment status
Employed	14,728	59.2	53.1	5.2	35.5
Not employed	6,520	42.7	36.8	17.2	40.1
Sex
Male	10,661	53.2	46.8	5.0	41.9
Female	10,982	53.7	47.7	12.4	33.9
Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic	2,854	36.5	33.6	10.6	52.8
Total Black	3,577	34.9	32.1	14.9	50.2
Total White	13,662	62.5	54.8	6.3	31.1
Total Other	1,550	47.0	41.3	12.3	40.7
Hispanic male	1,568	37.4	33.0	4.1	58.5
Black male	1,559	34.6	30.1	4.4	61.1
White male	6,618	61.8	54.5	4.6	33.5
Hispanic female	1,287	35.5	34.4	18.5	45.9
Black female	2,018	35.2	33.7	23.1	41.7
White female	7,044	63.2	55.1	7.9	28.9
Perceived health status
Excellent	8,429	59.7	53.1	6.1	34.2
Very good	6,754	56.6	48.5	7.8	35.5
Good	4,927	46.1	42.4	12.1	41.7
Fair/poor	1,335	32.3	29.1	17.5	50.2
Census region
Northeast	3,806	51.2	44.3	9.4	39.4
Midwest	5,323	63.7	58.2	7.3	29.0
South	7,344	46.5	42.7	8.3	45.2
West	5,170	54.2	44.7	10.4	35.4
Full-time student
Yes	6,394	67.6	55.7	9.6	22.8
No	1,852	50.7	46.5	8.7	40.6
Not a student	13,397	47.0	43.4	8.3	44.6
a Total includes individuals with missing information on employment status and perceived health status. Total also includes individuals who are workers with missing information on offered insurance, hours of work, and hourly wages. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 5. Percent distribution of uninsured persons under age 65 by selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent distribution of population	Percent uninsured	Percent distribution of uninsured population
Totala	231,676	100.0	19.2	100.0
Age in years < 4 4-6 7-12 13-17 18 19-24 25-29 30-34 35-54 55-64	15,577 12,716 24,092 19,036 3,445 21,643 18,703 21,383 74,423 20,658	6.7 5.5 10.4 8.2 1.5 9.3 8.1 9.2 32.1 8.9	13.8 13.3 15.5 17.9 28.4 37.8 26.8 19.3 16.4 14.7	4.8 3.8 8.4 7.7 2.2 18.4 11.3 9.3 27.4 6.8
Race/ethnicity Total Hispanic Total Black Total White Total Other	26,898 30,297 163,378 11,104	11.6 13.1 70.5 4.8	35.1 24.8 15.2 24.3	21.2 16.9 55.8 6.1
Hispanic male Black male White male	13,671 14,297 81,443	5.9 6.2 35.2	38.9 26.6 16.3	12.0 8.6 29.9
Hispanic female Black female White female	13,227 16,000 81,934	5.7 6.9 35.4	31.2 23.2 14.0	9.3 8.4 25.8
Marital statusb Married Widowed Divorced Separated Never married	91,323 3,412 16,952 4,291 51,495	39.5 1.5 7.3 1.9 22.3	13.9 24.1 26.6 30.5 29.8	28.8 1.9 10.2 3.0 34.7
Census region Northeast Midwest South West	44,555 54,045 80,707 52,370	19.2 23.3 34.8 22.6	15.6 15.5 22.6 20.9	15.7 18.8 41.0 24.6
Perceived health status Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor	89,770 70,584 49,509 15,400 5,588	38.9 30.6 21.4 6.7 2.4	17.4 16.9 22.8 25.1 21.4	35.6 27.1 25.7 8.8 2.7

^a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status.

^b Marital status is defined for individuals age 17 and older.

Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

Table A1. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Population estimates by types of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Total population	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured
Total	263,516	218,760	178,820	39,939	44,756
Total < age 65	231,676	187,191	159,235	27,957	44,485
Employment status
Employed	128,619	105,766	100,343	5,424	22,853
Not employed	69,821	58,351	37,657	20,694	11,470
Age in years
< 4	15,577	13,430	9,435	3,996	2,147
4-6	12,716	11,029	8,016	3,013	1,687
7-12	24,092	20,358	15,436	4,922	3,734
13-17	19,036	15,627	12,723	2,904	3,409
Total < 18	71,421	60,444	45,610	14,835	10,977
18	3,445	2,468	2,121	--	--
19-24	21,643	13,454	11,563	1,891	8,189
25-29	18,703	13,692	12,128	1,564	5,011
30-34	21,383	17,257	15,570	1,687	4,126
35-54	74,423	62,252	56,834	5,418	12,171
55-64	20,658	17,625	15,410	2,215	3,033
65 +	31,839	31,568	19,586	11,983	--
Sex
Male	128,383	104,440	87,217	17,223	23,943
Female	135,133	114,319	91,603	22,716	20,813
Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic	28,384	18,886	12,492	6,394	9,498
Total Black	32,975	25,407	16,041	9,366	7,567
Total White	190,235	165,272	143,234	22,038	24,962
Total Other	11,922	9,194	7,053	2,141	2,729
Census region
Northeast	51,464	44,427	36,191	8,236	7,037
Midwest	61,828	53,400	45,328	8,072	8,428
South	91,855	73,574	60,012	13,562	18,281
West	58,369	47,359	37,289	10,069	11,010
Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 1a. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by types of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Standard errors
	Private	Employment-related	Nonemployment- related	Public only	Uninsured
Totala	0.71	0.72	0.29	0.54	0.47
Total < age 65	0.78	0.79	0.27	0.58	0.52
Age in years
< 4	1.82	1.80	0.59	1.63	1.17
4-6	1.83	1.87	0.63	1.61	1.24
7-12	1.60	1.66	0.67	1.38	1.10
13-17	1.51	1.58	0.66	1.22	1.15
Total < 18	1.20	1.23	0.42	1.01	0.77
18	3.22	3.33	1.10	2.04	2.98
19-24	1.50	1.51	0.74	0.92	1.44
25-29	1.56	1.56	0.63	0.89	1.39
30-34	1.38	1.37	0.43	0.82	1.08
35-54	0.82	0.86	0.35	0.48	0.61
55-64	1.27	1.50	0.79	0.98	0.88
65 +	1.24	1.25	1.12	1.22	0.23
Employment statusb
Employed	0.65	0.68	0.30	0.32	0.53
Not employed	0.86	0.85	0.57	0.79	0.60
Sex
Male	0.76	0.77	0.34	0.59	0.57
Female	0.76	0.78	0.31	0.57	0.48
Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic	1.86	1.81	0.40	1.20	1.56
Total Black	1.78	1.84	0.45	1.66	1.28
Total White	0.79	0.84	0.37	0.56	0.50
Total Other	3.62	3.51	1.28	3.44	2.24
Hispanic male	1.94	1.88	0.55	1.18	1.71
Black male	2.12	2.15	0.52	1.91	1.61
White male	0.87	0.93	0.44	0.62	0.61
Hispanic female	2.07	2.01	0.39	1.54	1.68
Black female	1.98	2.07	0.51	1.84	1.61
White female	0.84	0.89	0.39	0.60	0.51
Marital statusc
Married	0.66	0.80	0.43	0.47	0.50
Widowed	1.62	1.37	1.32	1.56	0.72
Divorced	1.53	1.55	0.63	1.13	1.22
Separated	2.83	2.81	0.76*	2.36	2.77
Never married	1.06	1.02	0.43	0.75	0.91
Metropolitan statistical area
MSA	0.83	0.82	0.31	0.61	0.53
Non-MSA	1.57	1.63	0.71	1.22	1.10
Census region
Northeast	1.36	1.42	0.52	0.90	0.87
Midwest	1.59	1.67	0.68	1.13	0.98
South	1.22	1.18	0.45	0.92	0.84
West	1.45	1.46	0.67	1.20	0.99
aTotal includes persons with unknown marital status. bEmployment status is defined for individuals age 16 and older. c Marital status is defined for individuals age 17 and older. * Relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30%. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 2a. Health insurance coverage of the under 65 civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by types of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Standard errors
	Private	Employment- related	Nonemployment- related	Public only	Uninsured
Totala	0.78	0.79	0.27	0.58	0.52
Employment statusb
Employed	0.66	0.67	0.28	0.31	0.54
Not employed	1.08	1.04	0.41	1.01	0.88
Sex
Male	0.81	0.82	0.34	0.61	0.62
Female	0.86	0.88	0.26	0.63	0.55
Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic	1.97	1.92	0.39	1.24	1.59
Total Black	1.92	1.94	0.41	1.74	1.34
Total White	0.87	0.92	0.34	0.59	0.57
Total Other	3.67	3.59	1.32	3.49	2.43
Hispanic male	2.02	1.98	0.55	1.20	1.72
Black male	2.24	2.20	0.48	1.97	1.70
White male	0.94	1.01	0.45	0.63	0.68
Hispanic female	2.20	2.13	0.36	1.58	1.75
Black female	2.14	2.21	0.46	1.90	1.71
White female	0.94	0.99	0.33	0.65	0.60
Marital statusc
Married	0.72	0.82	0.34	0.40	0.58
Widowed	3.13	3.18	1.78	2.03	2.55
Divorced	1.59	1.59	0.59	1.06	1.34
Separated	2.95	2.94	0.68*	2.31	2.97
Never married	1.07	1.02	0.43	0.75	0.92
Metropolitan statistical area
MSA	0.91	0.91	0.30	0.66	0.58
Non-MSA	1.72	1.78	0.60	1.31	1.30
Census region
Northeast	1.53	1.55	0.40	0.98	0.99
Midwest	1.70	1.74	0.63	1.17	1.11
South	1.37	1.31	0.37	1.02	0.91
West	1.54	1.66	0.73	1.25	1.09
a Total includes persons with unknown marital status. bEmployment status is defined for individuals age 16 and older. cMarital status is defined for individuals age 17 and older. * Relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30%. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 3a. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by types of coverage and perceived health status, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Standard errors
	Private	Employment- related	Nonemployment- related	Public only	Uninsured
Total < age 65a	0.78	0.79	0.27	0.58	0.52
Total age 65+a	1.24	1.25	1.12	1.22	0.23
Perceived health status, < age 65
Excellent	0.89	0.93	0.46	0.55	0.74
Very good	0.89	0.91	0.39	0.68	0.67
Good	1.21	1.21	0.33	0.94	0.83
Fair	1.61	1.65	0.60	1.44	1.35
Poor	2.54	2.63	1.02	2.47	2.32
Perceived health status, age 65+
Excellent	2.61	2.56	2.59	2.56	0.58*
Very good	2.08	2.40	2.09	2.06	0.43*
Good	2.06	1.99	1.92	2.01	0.36*
Fair	2.66	2.53	2.22	2.67	0.30*
Poor	3.85	3.41	2.92	3.85	0.35*
a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status. * Relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30%. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 4a. Health insurance coverage of the population ages 19-24: Standard errors by types of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
Population characteristic	Standard errors
	Private	Employment- related	Public only	Uninsured
Totala	1.49	1.50	0.92	1.44
Employment status
Employed	1.82	1.81	0.90	1.78
Not employed	2.39	2.47	1.74	2.26
Sex
Male	1.95	2.01	0.86	1.89
Female	1.95	1.93	1.31	1.91
Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic	2.82	2.87	1.54	2.77
Total Black	3.63	3.45	2.94	4.02
Total White	1.80	1.94	0.87	1.74
Total Other	6.06	6.68	4.69*	5.90
Hispanic male	3.28	3.23	1.43*	3.36
Black male	5.33	4.92	1.78*	4.93
White male	2.43	2.61	1.04	2.34
Hispanic female	4.06	4.07	2.87	4.12
Black female	4.73	4.81	4.26	5.58
White female	2.21	2.39	1.28	2.12
Perceived health status
Excellent	2.39	2.43	0.97	2.31
Very good	2.31	2.33	1.21	2.26
Good	2.71	2.54	1.95	2.55
Fair/poor	5.22	5.17	3.87	5.54
Census region
Northeast	2.87	2.93	1.88	2.87
Midwest	2.66	2.89	1.53	2.41
South	2.71	2.48	1.72	2.82
West	3.30	3.39	1.89	2.77
Full-time student
Yes	2.39	2.78	1.81	2.06
No	5.38	5.32	2.44	4.51
Not a student	1.95	1.88	1.07	1.96
a Total includes individuals with missing information on employment status and perceived health status. Total also includes individuals who are workers with missing information on offered insurance, hours of work, and hourly wages. * Relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30%. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).

 

Table 5a. Standard errors for percent distribution of uninsured persons under age 65 by selected population characteristics, United States, 1996
	Standard errors
Population characteristic	Percent distribution of population	Percent uninsured	Percent distribution of uninsured population
Totala	--	0.52	--
Age in years < 4 4-6 7-12 13-17 18 19-24 25-29 30-34 35-54 55-64	0.22 0.18 0.26 0.21 0.10 0.27 0.28 0.25 0.38 0.28	1.17 1.24 1.10 1.15 2.98 1.44 1.39 1.08 0.61 0.88	0.40 0.34 0.57 0.44 0.27 0.82 0.57 0.50 0.77 0.41
Race/ethnicity Total Hispanic Total Black Total White Total Other	0.57 0.70 0.86 0.40	1.59 1.34 0.57 2.43	1.45 1.33 1.73 0.43
Hispanic male Black male White male	0.31 0.34 0.49	1.72 1.70 0.68	0.87 0.74 1.11
Hispanic female Black female White female	0.28 0.40 0.50	1.75 1.71 0.60	0.69 0.80 1.00
Marital statusb Married Widowed Divorced Separated Never married	0.46 0.09 0.25 0.12 0.40	0.58 2.55 1.34 2.97 0.92	0.86 0.23 0.55 0.34 1.01
Census region Northeast Midwest South West	0.79 0.97 1.26 0.81	0.99 1.11 0.91 1.09	1.11 1.45 1.87 1.29
Perceived health status Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor	0.59 0.43 0.40 0.22 0.15	0.74 0.67 0.83 1.35 2.32	1.13 0.93 0.88 0.52 0.31

^a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status.

^b Marital status is defined for individuals age 17 and older.

* Relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30%.

Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-- Household Component, 1996 (round 1).