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| TABLE A.1 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF TRANSITIONS AND TRIGGER EVENTS REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN REFERENCE PERIODS | |
| Type of Transition or Event | Percentage Between Reference Periods |
| Transitions from ESI to: | |
| Uninsured | 75.4 |
| Medicaid | 84.7 |
| Other Insurance | 98.3 |
| Transitions from Uninsured to: | |
| ESI | 83.0 |
| Medicaid | 68.5 |
| Other Insurance | 89.9 |
| Transitions from Medicaid to: | |
| Uninsured | 75.4 |
| ESI | 82.7 |
| Other Insurance | 66.1 |
| Transitions from Other Insurance to: | |
| ESI | 99.1 |
| Uninsured | 81.1 |
| Medicaid | 89.6 |
| Potential Trigger Event | |
| Father Lost Employment | 54.9 |
| Mother Lost Employment | 58.1 |
| Father Reduced Hours below 30 | 63.1 |
| Mother Reduced Hours below 30 | 5.6 |
| Father Changed Jobs | 40.9 |
| Mother Changed Jobs | 38.1 |
| Father Gained Employment | 46.3 |
| Mother Gained Employment | 42.9 |
| Father Increased Hours to 30 or More | 44.9 |
| Mother Increased Hours to 30 or More | 56.8 |
| Family Income Rose Markedly | 56.8 |
| Family Income Fell Markedly | 56.9 |
| Family Lost AFDC | 64.1 |
| Family Headship Changed | 33.9 |
| SOURCE: Survey of Income and Program
Participation, 1992 Panel.
NOTE: If the timing of events were reported accurately, 25 percent of transitions or events would occur between reference periods. |
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| TABLE A.2 | |||||||
| CHILDREN LOSING ESI VERSUS CHILDREN REMAINING COVERED BY ESI: PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXPERIENCING SELECTED EVENTS IN PAST SIX MONTHS |
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| Event | Coverage After Losing ESI |
Children Remaining Covered by ESI |
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| Uninsured | Medicaid | Other Insurance |
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| Father Lost Employment | 12.6 | * | 5.3 | * | 5.0 | * | 1.5 |
| Mother Lost Employment | 13.7 | * | 15.7 | * | 9.3 | * | 4.0 |
| Father Reduced Hours below 30 | 11.7 | * | 7.2 | * | 14.7 | * | 2.9 |
| Mother Reduced Hours below 30 | 15.7 | * | 13.4 | * | 8.7 | * | 4.2 |
| Father Changed Jobs | 19.2 | * | 6.9 | 10.7 | * | 7.1 | |
| Mother Changed Jobs | 11.7 | * | 8.4 | 5.1 | * | 7.4 | |
| Father Gained Employment | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 1.6 | |||
| Mother Gained Employment | 9.2 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 4.5 | |||
| Father Increased Hours to 30 or More | 10.6 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | |||
| Mother Increased Hours to 30 or More | 10.0 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 6.5 | |||
| Family Income Fell Markedly | 39.1 | * | 31.1 | * | 40.7 | * | 14.9 |
| Family Income Rose Markedly | 32.6 | 30.9 | 35.5 | * | 20.5 | ||
| Family Headship Changed | 7.3 | * | 10.6 | * | 3.9 | 3.2 | |
| Family Size Increased | 6.7 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | |||
| Family Size Decreased | 7.4 | * | 12.9 | * | 2.9 | * | 3.4 |
| Family Lost AFDC | 0.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |||
| Family Obtained AFDC | 0.0 | 13.1 | * | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Any Relevant Event (Denoted by *) | 71.0 | 53.2 | 66.8 | -- | |||
| SOURCE: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1992 Panel. | |||||||
| TABLE A.3 | |||||||
| CHILDREN BECOMING INSURED VERSUS CHILDREN REMAINING UNINSURED: PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXPERIENCING SELECTED EVENTS IN PAST SIX MONTHS |
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| Event | Coverage After Becoming Insured |
Children Remaining Uninsured |
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| ESI | Medicaid | Other Insurance |
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| Father Lost Employment | 7.3 | 9.0 | * | 10.7 | * | 5.1 | |
| Mother Lost Employment | 9.3 | 16.1 | * | 13.2 | * | 6.8 | |
| Father Reduced Hours below 30 | 8.6 | 12.8 | * | 10.0 | * | 7.1 | |
| Mother Reduced Hours below 30 | 11.2 | 14.4 | * | 9.6 | * | 7.8 | |
| Father Changed Jobs | 20.3 | * | 14.7 | * | 13.3 | * | 11.2 |
| Mother Changed Jobs | 15.2 | * | 12.5 | * | 10.5 | * | 9.1 |
| Father Gained Employment | 11.3 | * | 6.9 | 0.9 | 4.7 | ||
| Mother Gained Employment | 15.4 | * | 12.9 | 18.7 | 8.1 | ||
| Father Increased Hours to 30 or More | 17.8 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 6.9 | |||
| Mother Increased Hours to 30 or More | 19.3 | 15.1 | 5.9 | 7.9 | |||
| Family Income Fell Markedly | 27.0 | 36.9 | * | 46.2 | * | 25.5 | |
| Family Income Rose Markedly | 43.7 | * | 31.2 | 42.0 | * | 26.8 | |
| Family Headship Changed | 7.4 | * | 11.6 | * | 5.2 | 4.7 | |
| Family Size Increased | 7.4 | * | 9.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | ||
| Family Size Decreased | 3.8 | 12.0 | * | 4.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Family Lost AFDC | 0.7 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 2.9 | |||
| Family Obtained AFDC | 0.0 | 16.6 | * | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Any Relevant Event (Denoted by *) | 70.8 | 67.5 | 74.6 | -- | |||
| SOURCE: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1992 Panel. | |||||||
| TABLE A.4 | ||||||
| CHILDREN LEAVING MEDICAID VERSUS CHILDREN
REMAINING COVERED BY MEDICAID: PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXPERIENCING SELECTED EVENTS IN PAST SIX MONTHS |
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| Event | Coverage After Leaving Medicaid |
Children Remaining Covered by Medicaid |
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| Uninsured | ESI | Other Insurance |
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| Father Lost Employment | 9.6 | 4.1 | -- | 2.8 | ||
| Mother Lost Employment | 10.6 | 7.9 | -- | 7.0 | ||
| Father Reduced Hours below 30 | 10.8 | 4.8 | -- | 4.0 | ||
| Mother Reduced Hours below 30 | 11.8 | 7.7 | -- | 5.7 | ||
| Father Changed Jobs | 13.6 | * | 10.3 | * | -- | 5.1 |
| Mother Changed Jobs | 9.8 | * | 11.5 | * | -- | 6.3 |
| Father Gained Employment | 11.4 | * | 6.1 | * | -- | 2.7 |
| Mother Gained Employment | 17.3 | * | 14.6 | * | -- | 7.9 |
| Father Increased Hours to 30 or More | 16.7 | * | 10.5 | * | -- | 4.3 |
| Mother Increased Hours to 30 or More | 16.1 | * | 17.5 | * | -- | 6.8 |
| Family Income Fell Markedly | 26.1 | 22.1 | -- | 16.1 | ||
| Family Income Rose Markedly | 38.7 | * | 46.1 | * | -- | 19.6 |
| Family Headship Changed | 9.0 | * | 6.3 | * | -- | 6.4 |
| Family Size Increased | 12.6 | * | 10.9 | * | -- | 7.1 |
| Family Size Decreased | 8.5 | 5.4 | -- | 7.1 | ||
| Family Lost AFDC | 24.2 | * | 13.5 | * | -- | 5.0 |
| Family Obtained AFDC | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 8.8 | ||
| Any Relevant Event (Denoted by *) | 74.9 | 64.6 | -- | -- | ||
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SOURCE: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1992 Panel. NOTE: The sample size for children leaving Medicaid and obtaining other insurance (see Table 2A) is too small to support these tabulations. | ||||||
| TABLE A.5 | ||||||
| CHILDREN LEAVING OTHER INSURANCE VERSUS CHILDREN REMAINING COVERED: PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXPERIENCING SELECTED EVENTS IN PAST SIX MONTHS |
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| Event | Coverage After Leaving Other Insurance |
Children Remaining Covered by Other Insurance |
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| ESI | Uninsured | Medicaid | ||||
| Father Lost Employment | 4.6 | 8.5 | * | -- | 1.9 | |
| Mother Lost Employment | 3.2 | 4.0 | * | -- | 4.5 | |
| Father Reduced Hours below 30 | 6.1 | 7.5 | * | -- | 4.6 | |
| Mother Reduced Hours below 30 | 6.1 | 9.5 | * | -- | 5.0 | |
| Father Changed Jobs | 13.6 | * | 12.2 | * | -- | 7.9 |
| Mother Changed Jobs | 9.2 | * | 13.1 | * | -- | 5.0 |
| Father Gained Employment | 4.6 | * | 7.2 | * | -- | 1.5 |
| Mother Gained Employment | 7.9 | * | 18.8 | * | -- | 5.2 |
| Father Increased Hours to 30 or More | 16.2 | * | 7.1 | -- | 4.0 | |
| Mother Increased Hours to 30 or More | 10.1 | * | 5.6 | -- | 5.4 | |
| Family Income Fell Markedly | 32.8 | 44.3 | * | -- | 23.8 | |
| Family Income Rose Markedly | 44.6 | * | 41.7 | * | -- | 28.4 |
| Family Headship Changed | 3.2 | * | 9.3 | * | -- | 3.5 |
| Family Size Increased | 5.1 | * | 7.0 | * | -- | 3.9 |
| Family Size Decreased | 0.6 | 19.9 | -- | 3.4 | ||
| Any Relevant Event (Denoted by *) | 67.2 | 74.0 | -- | -- | ||
| SOURCE: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1992 Panel. NOTE: The sample size for children leaving Medicaid and obtaining other insurance (see Table 2A)is too small to support these tabulations. |
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