Fertility and Program Participaton Internet Table 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: June 6, 2002 Mothers 15 to 44 Years Old Who Were Medicaid Participants or Nonparticipants by Selected Characteristics: 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Medicaid Participants | Not Medicaid Participants | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Percent of | Total | Percent of | Children | Percent | Percent | Total | Percent of | Children | Percent | Percent | mothers who | (in thousands) | Medicaid | ever born | with birth | with | (in thousands) | those not | ever born | with birth | with | are Medicaid Characteristic | | participants | per 1,000 | in the | nonmarital | | participating | per 1,000 | in the | nonmarital | participants | | | mothers | last year | first birth | | in Medicaid | mothers | last year | first birth | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,805 100.0 2,377 18.7 60.1 28,688 100.0 2,079 9.0 25.6 19.2 Age 15 to 19 years 416 6.1 1,254 57.5 88.5 266 0.9 1,160 37.2 82.9 61.0 20 to 24 years 1,492 21.9 1,691 32.6 72.4 1,795 6.3 1,445 24.1 56.1 45.4 25 to 29 years 1,507 22.1 2,405 18.6 63.0 4,111 14.3 1,730 18.8 33.0 26.8 30 to 34 years 1,345 19.8 2,632 12.8 55.2 6,697 23.3 2,045 11.5 25.4 16.7 35 to 39 years 1,176 17.3 2,857 5.1 46.7 7,999 27.9 2,244 4.9 20.0 12.8 40 to 44 years 869 12.8 2,998 4.1 46.2 7,820 27.3 2,298 1.6 18.8 10.0 Marital Status Currently married 3,092 45.4 2,631 19.4 35.7 23,054 80.4 2,147 9.7 18.5 11.8 Married, husband present 2,244 33.0 2,554 21.4 31.4 21,739 75.8 2,146 9.9 17.8 9.4 Married, husband absent /1 849 12.5 2,833 14.1 47.1 1,315 4.6 2,163 7.1 30.5 39.2 Divorced 1,002 14.7 2,519 7.2 32.8 3,089 10.8 1,949 1.7 23.1 24.5 Widowed 85 1.3 B B B 231 0.8 2,527 0.8 23.0 27.0 Never married 2,626 38.6 2,000 22.8 100.0 2,313 8.1 1,529 12.6 100.0 53.2 Household Characteristics Number of children under 18 in the household one 1,989 29.2 1,385 17.3 60.4 9,258 32.3 1,379 9.1 26.6 17.7 two 2,015 29.6 2,162 17.0 56.7 10,593 36.9 2,116 8.0 20.9 16.0 three or more 2,493 36.6 3,378 22.3 62.0 5,623 19.6 3,307 13.2 27.1 30.7 No other adult present 2,320 34.1 2,486 11.1 69.5 3,028 10.6 1,835 2.7 41.5 43.4 Other adult present /2 4,485 65.9 2,321 22.7 55.3 25,659 89.4 2,108 9.8 23.8 14.9 Living with spouse 2,244 33.0 2,554 21.4 31.4 21,739 75.8 2,146 9.9 17.8 9.4 Other related adult(s) in the household 1,629 23.9 2,144 21.5 74.3 3,657 12.7 2,097 8.5 46.6 30.8 Living with an unmarried partner 543 8.0 2,393 26.6 74.5 990 3.4 1,949 9.0 54.5 35.4 Living with other adult nonrelative(s) 320 4.7 1,861 26.5 82.4 756 2.6 1,855 8.4 48.3 29.8 Race and Ethnicity White 4,422 65.0 2,324 20.8 49.1 23,760 82.8 2,080 9.3 20.6 15.7 Non-Hispanic 3,367 49.5 2,203 20.3 47.4 21,501 74.9 2,042 9.2 19.5 13.5 Black 2,022 29.7 2,441 15.1 86.6 3,547 12.4 2,079 7.2 60.3 36.3 Hispanic (of any race) 1,164 17.1 2,694 21.3 57.6 2,422 8.4 2,457 9.7 31.1 32.5 Place of Birth Native /3 5,713 84.0 2,315 17.8 63.4 25,162 87.7 2,058 8.9 25.4 18.5 Foreign born 1,091 16.0 2,701 23.8 43.0 3,525 12.3 2,225 9.8 27.1 23.6 Naturalized citizen 148 2.2 B B B 1,244 4.3 2,118 8.5 20.4 10.6 Not a citizen 944 13.9 2,657 23.4 42.9 2,282 8.0 2,283 10.6 30.7 29.3 Labor Force Status Had a job in last 4 months 3,087 45.4 2,223 14.2 60.1 22,716 79.2 2,032 7.9 26.1 12.0 No job last 4 months 3,717 54.6 2,504 22.5 60.1 5,972 20.8 2,255 13.3 24.1 38.4 Unable to find work 275 4.0 2,251 9.3 69.8 227 0.8 2,128 5.1 54.3 54.8 Not able to work due to disability 512 7.5 2,539 5.7 63.3 233 0.8 2,299 5.3 28.9 68.7 Educational Attainment Not a high school graduate 2,430 35.7 2,705 22.0 65.8 3,173 11.1 2,505 9.0 42.9 43.4 High school, 4 years 2,531 37.2 2,232 19.0 59.0 9,330 32.5 2,081 7.3 29.3 21.3 College, 1 or more years 1,844 27.1 2,142 14.1 54.1 16,184 56.4 1,994 10.0 20.2 10.2 Job Training Received job training in past 12 months 579 8.5 2,234 10.3 67.6 1,388 4.8 1,966 7.8 30.0 29.4 Sponsored by the government 348 5.1 2,399 9.1 72.1 184 0.6 B B B 65.4 Monthly Family Income /4 Less than $500 1,240 18.2 2,249 19.1 72.4 550 1.9 1,979 8.7 40.9 69.3 $500 to $1,499 3,032 44.6 2,497 17.5 60.9 3,134 10.9 2,036 6.2 45.3 49.2 $1,500 and over 2,378 35.0 2,307 18.4 51.9 24,654 85.9 2,087 9.3 22.3 8.8 Child Support /5 Received payments 970 14.3 2,382 14.4 60.2 3,033 10.6 2,024 3.7 33.5 24.2 Did not receive payments 3,582 52.6 2,427 22.2 34.2 4,275 14.9 1,967 7.0 56.8 45.6 Poverty Level /4 Below poverty level 3,964 58.3 2,571 19.4 65.3 2,813 9.8 2,311 9.8 46.2 58.5 100 to 199 percent of poverty level 1,982 29.1 2,214 17.4 53.1 6,048 21.1 2,305 9.1 35.3 24.7 200 percent of poverty level or higher 858 12.6 1,855 19.0 52.5 19,827 69.1 1,977 8.9 19.8 4.1 Metropolitan Residence Metropolitan 5,197 76.4 2,380 19.0 62.5 23,062 80.4 2,061 9.4 26.2 18.4 In central city 2,866 42.1 2,416 16.8 68.7 7,400 25.8 2,067 10.6 35.3 27.9 Not in central city 2,331 34.3 2,335 21.7 54.8 15,661 54.6 2,059 8.9 21.9 13.0 Nonmetropolitan 1,608 23.6 2,368 17.9 52.5 5,626 19.6 2,150 7.4 23.5 22.2 Type of Program AFDC 2,842 41.8 2,541 15.6 70.7 45 0.2 B B B 98.4 Food stamps 4,257 62.6 2,526 16.5 67.0 847 3.0 2,398 13.6 51.2 83.4 WIC 750 11.0 2,185 55.2 63.5 330 1.1 1,850 62.1 40.1 69.5 Medicaid 6,805 100.0 2,377 18.7 60.1 - 0.0 - - 0.0 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes separated women. 2/ Categories under "Other adult present" are not mutually exclusive. 3/ Includes people born in U.S. outlying areas and abroad to parents who are US citizens. 4/ Excludes those who did not report income. 5/ Data only shown for mothers who are not married or not living with their spouses. B/ Base less than 200,000 is too small to show derived statistics. revised 04/24/02