Nearly twenty percent of uninsured are children. The likelihood that a child is uninsured fell from 14.0 percent in 1998, to 10.9 percent in 2004. It has since increased to 11.3 percent in 2007.
Number & Percentage of Children Age 0-18 Without Health Insurance, 1994-2007
Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements, 995-2008 Supplements. Note: 1994-2003 data are adjusted for Census correction announced in March 2007.
Uninsured Children by Race and Ethnic Origin, 2007
Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.
Uninsured Children by Age, 2007
Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.
Uninsured Children by Family Poverty Status, 2007
Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.
Uninsured Children by Work Status of the Family Head, 2007
Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.
Other Related Fact Sheets
Overview [1]
Age & Gender [2]
Immigration Status and Nativity [3]
Race/Ethnicity [4]
Workers [7]
Links:
[1] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/overview
[2] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/age-and-gender
[3] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/immigration-status-and-nativity
[4] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/raceethnicity
[5] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/educational-attainment
[6] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/income-and-poverty-status
[7] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/workers
[8] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/quick-facts-uninsured
[9] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/uninsured-myths-and-facts
[10] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/childrens-health-care-coverage