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Health Insurance Coverage: 1995
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Table C. Health Insurance Coverage Status of Poor  Persons by Selected
         Characteristics:  1995

(Numbers in thousands)

                           Total      Total Covered        Not Covered
                          Number     Number  Percent     Number  Percent

Poor persons              36,425     25,432     69.8     10,993     30.2

Sex:
  Male                    15,683     10,232     65.2      5,451     34.8
  Female                  20,742     15,200     73.3      5,542     26.7

Age:
  Under 18 years          14,665     11,534     78.6      3,131     21.4
  18 to 24 years           4,553      2,586     56.8      1,967     43.2
  25 to 34 years           5,196      2,830     54.5      2,366     45.5
  35 to 44 years           4,064      2,282     56.2      1,782     43.8
  45 to 64 years           4,629      2,970     64.2      1,659     35.8
  65 years and over        3,318      3,230     97.3         88      2.7

Race and Hispanic Origin:
  White                   24,423     16,292     66.7      8,131     33.3
  Black                    9,872      7,552     76.5      2,320     23.5
  Hispanic origin1         8,574      5,076     59.2      3,498     40.8

Education:
  No high school dipl      9,538      6,158     64.6      3,380     35.4
  High sch grad, no deg    6,722      4,168     62.0      2,554     38.0
  Some college,  no deg    3,327      2,150     64.6      1,177     35.4
  Associate degree           795        519     65.3        276     34.7
  Bachelor's degree +      1,378        903     65.5        475     34.5

Work Experience:
  Worked during year       9,043      4,592     50.8      4,451     49.2
    Full-time              5,558      2,675     48.1      2,883     51.9
    Part-time              3,486      1,917     55.0      1,569     45.0
  Did not work             9,398      6,076     64.7      3,322     35.3

Foreign-Born:
  Native                  30,972     22,801     73.6      8,171     26.4
  Foreign-born             5,452      2,631     48.3      2,821     51.7
    Naturalized citizen      833        549     65.9        284     34.1
    Not a citizen          4,619      2,082     45.1      2,537     54.9

1Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

SOURCE:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1996 Current Population Survey
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