Cross-Sectional Family Health Insurance Coverage Patterns for US Children (Aged 2–17 Years) Living With at Least 1 Parent, 2002–2006
| Coverage Patterns | 2002–2006 Unweighted Na | 2002–2006 Yearly Average Weighted to US Populationb(in millions) | 2002–2006 Weighted %b(95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: 2002–2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Household Component (HC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. | |||
| CI=confidence interval. | |||
| a Unweighted counts at the child level represent the total number of children, aged 2–17 years, from MEPS respondent households with a positive person weight who could be linked to at least 1 parent within the household. Total counts do not include the 1,737 children with no parent in the household. An additional 73 children were excluded because self or parental insurance coverage status could not be ascertained on December 31 of the given year (total exclusions = 1,810). Unweighted national statistics exclude the 1,372 individuals for whom insurance coverage status could not be ascertained on December 31 of the given year. | |||
| b To derive the yearly population estimates, each record from the MEPS was weighted according to person-level weights provided by the data-collection agency for use in pooling multiple years. | |||
| c In 2-parent families, both parents had insurance coverage on December 31 of the given year; in single-parent families, the sole parent had insurance coverage on December 31 of the given year. | |||
| d In 2-parent families, 1 parent had coverage and the other parent did not have insurance coverage on December 31 of the given year. | |||
| e In 2-parent families, both parents did not have insurance coverage on December 31 of the given year; in single-parent families, the sole parent did not have insurance coverage on December 31 of the given year. | |||
| Cross-sectional family patterns at the child level (insurance status on December 31) | |||
| Child insured, parents insured c | 27,804 | 46.9 | 73.6 (72.4–74.7) |
| Child insured, 1 parent insured, 1 parent uninsured d | 2,934 | 3.1 | 4.8 (4.4–5.2) |
| Child insured, parents uninsurede | 6,574 | 6.4 | 10.0 (9.4–10.7) |
| Child uninsured, parents insured c | 835 | 1.2 | 1.9 (1.7–2.2) |
| Child uninsured, 1 parent insured, 1 parent uninsuredd | 863 | 1.1 | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) |
| Child uninsured, parents uninsured e | 4,499 | 5.1 | 8.0 (7.4–8.6) |
| Total | 43,509 | 63.8 | 100 |
| Cross-sectional national statistics for US population (insurance status on December 31) | |||
| Insured | 131,819 | 241.3 | 82.9 (82.4–83.5) |
| Uninsured | 34,542 | 49.6 | 17.1 (16.5–17.7) |
| Total | 166,361 | 290.9 | 100 |