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Health Insurance Coverage: 1996
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 Table C. Poor Persons Not Covered by Health Insurance, by Selected
 Characteristics: 1996

 (Numbers in
 thousands.)

                                      Not covered by health insurance

                          Total             Standard              Standard

                         Number    Number      Error   Percent       Error

 POOR PERSONS

 All                     36,529    11,254        334      30.8         0.8

 Sex

 Male                    15,611     5,454        233      34.9         1.2

 Female                  20,919     5,801        240      27.7         1.0

 Age

 Under 18 years          14,464     3,371        160      23.3         1.0

 18 to 24 years           4,466     1,892         84      42.4         1.5

 25 to 34 years           5,093     2,309         94      45.3         1.4

 35 to 44 years           4,343     1,855         84      42.7         1.5

 45 to 64 years           4,736     1,707         81      36.0         1.4

 65 years and over        3,428       122         22       3.6         0.6

 Race and Hispanic
 Origin

 White                   24,650     7,910        282      32.1         0.7

 White, not of           16,461     4,589        216      27.9         1.2
 Hispanic origin

 Black                    9,694     2,604        158      26.9         1.5

 Asian or Pacific         1,453       543         75      37.4         4.1
 Islander

 Hispanic origin1         8,697     3,438        177      39.5         1.7

 Education

 (persons aged 18 year s and
 over)

 No high school           9,363     3,290        184      35.1         1.6
 diploma

 High school              7,235     2,530        161      35.0         1.8
 graduate only

 Some college, no         3,148     1,201        111      38.2         2.8
 degree

 Associate degree           799       261         52      32.7         5.3

 Bachelor's degree        1,522       604         79      39.7         4.0
 or higher

 Work Experience

 (persons aged 18 to
 64)

 Worked during year       9,112     4,412        212      48.4         1.7

 Worked full-time         5,491     2,864        171      52.2         2.2

 Worked part-time         3,621     1,547        126      42.7         2.7

 Did not work             9,526     3,351        185      35.2         1.6

 Nativity

 Native                  31,117     8,333        289      26.8         0.8

 Foreign-born             5,412     2,921        173      54.0         2.2

 Naturalized citizen        936       368         62      39.3         5.2

 Not a citizen            4,476     2,553        162      57.0         2.4

 1Persons of Hispanic origin may be of
 any race.

 SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, March 1997 Current Population
 Survey

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