| All children (under age 18) |
1996–97 |
1998–99 |
2000–01 |
|
| Take-up rate for ESI (total U.S.) |
84.7% |
83.7% |
83.3% |
| Low-uninsurance communities |
88.3 |
88.9 |
87.5 |
| Moderate-uninsurance communities |
83.1 |
81.2 |
82.7 |
| High-uninsurance communities |
80.5 |
78.9 |
76.3 |
|
| Take-up rate for Medicaid/SCHIP (total U.S.)a |
71.6 |
62.9b |
69.9b |
| Low-uninsurance communities |
79.4 |
73.2b |
75.3 |
| Moderate-uninsurance communities |
68.3 |
60.8b |
70.1b |
| High-uninsurance communities |
63.5 |
54.6b |
63.9b |
|
| Overall take-up rate for ESI or Medicaid/SCHIP (total U.S.) |
85.1 |
83.7 |
86.0b |
| Low-uninsurance communities |
89.9 |
90.0 |
89.6 |
| Moderate-uninsurance communities |
83.2 |
82.2 |
85.6b,c |
| High-uninsurance communities |
79.4 |
76.1 |
80.5b |
|
Low-income children
|
| Take-up rate for ESI (total U.S.) |
70.5 |
63.7b |
63.7c |
| Low-uninsurance communities |
73.9 |
70.4 |
66.3c |
| Moderate-uninsurance communities |
70.1 |
62.4b |
65.9 |
| High-uninsurance communities |
66.4 |
57.3 |
57.9 |
|
| Take-up rate for Medicaid/SCHIP (total U.S.)a |
69.2 |
60.5b |
65.7b |
| Low-uninsurance communities |
77.8 |
71.5b |
72.8 |
| Moderate-uninsurance communities |
65.8 |
57.8b |
65.7b |
| High-uninsurance communities |
59.2 |
52.3 |
59.3 |
|
| Overall take-up rate for ESI or Medicaid/state (total U.S.) |
75.7 |
71.8b |
76.0b |
| Low-uninsurance communities |
82.7 |
81.1 |
79.9c |
| Moderate-uninsurance communities |
73.8 |
70.9 |
76.6b |
| High-uninsurance communities |
67.9 |
62.2 |
71.2b |
|
|
| SOURCES: Community Tracking Study household surveys, 1996–97, 1998–99, and 2000–01. |
| NOTES: Communities are classified based on their uninsurance rates for children in the 1996–97 survey and include low-uninsurance communities (less than 8 percent of children uninsured), moderate-uninsurance communities (8–15 percent), and high-uninsurance communities (16 percent or higher). "Low income" denotes families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. SCHIP is State Children’s Health Insurance Program. ESI is employer-sponsored insurance. |
| a Defined as those eligible who do not have private insurance and are enrolled in Medicaid or SCHIP. |
| b Difference with previous year is statistically significant at the .05 level. |
| c Difference between 1996–97 and 2000–01 is statistically significant at the .05 level. |
