Preliminary Analyses of Adolescent Health Insurance Status * 17
Table 4 Adolescent'sLiving Arrangement by Family Income, 1987
Family income
as a percentage Proportion of
of Poverty Living arrangement adolescents
less than 150 percent
151 to 299 percent
300 percent and above
living with both parents 16.2%
living with father only 25.2
living with mother only 60.0
not living with parentb 65.4
living with both parents 31.0%
living with father only 28.8
living with mother only 24.7
not living with parent 19.9
living with both parents 52.8%
living with father only 46.0
living with mother only 15.2
not living with parentb 14.8
aIn 1987, the Federal poverty level was $9,056 for a family of three.
The CPS category "adolescents not living with their parents" includes adolescents who live with other rel-
atives (i.e., grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc.) or unrelated individuals, those living on their own
(or with their own spouse and/or children), and married adolescents who reside with their parent(s).
Married adolescents are categorized this way because the Census Bureau assumes that most private health
insurance plans exclude them from their parent's policies.
SOURCE: Office of Technology Assessment, 1989, based on estimates from the March 1988 Current
Population Survey.
Table 5. Family Income, Living Arrangement,
and Health Insurance Status of Adolescents, Age 10 18, 1987
Family income
as a percentage
of Poverty
Living arrangement
No health
insurance
Total coverage
Insured:
Private
only
private and public
Medicaid
only Other'
living with both parents
living with father only
living with mother onlyd
not living with parent
living with both parents
living with father only
living with mother onlyd
not living with parent
34.0% 41.4%
33.9 32.8
23.4 23.0
44.0 27.8
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17.3%
27.0
49.5
22.8
living with both parents 100.0 3.2 91.9 0.1
living with father only 100.0 10.1 83.4 0.5
living with mother only 100.0 9.5 87.9 0.9
not living with parent 100.0 33.2 64.0 1.6
Sin 1987, the Federal poverty level was $9,056 for a family of three.
percentages may not total 100 percent due to rounding.
Includes adolescents with CHAMPUS, Medicare, or any combination of @lie and private coverage.
Incrud's adolescents not living with their parents and married adolescents living with their parents.
SOURCE: Office of Technology Assessment, 1989, based on estimates from the March 1988 Current Popu-
lation Survey.
less than
150 percent
150 to
299 percent
300 percent
and above
