Parental employment, family structure, and child's health insurance.

Autor: Rolett A; Division of Health Utilization and Analysis, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA., Parker JD, Heck KE, Makuc DM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association [Ambul Pediatr] 2001 Nov-Dec; Vol. 1 (6), pp. 306-13.
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0306:pefsac>2.0.co;2
Abstrakt: Objective: To examine the impact of family structure on the relationship between parental employment characteristics and employer-sponsored health insurance coverage among children with employed parents in the United States.
Methods: National Health Interview Survey data for 1993-1995 was used to estimate proportions of children without employer-sponsored health insurance, by family structure, separately according to maternal and paternal employment characteristics. In addition, relative odds of being without employer-sponsored insurance were estimated, controlling for family structure and child's age, race, and poverty status.
Results: Children with 2 employed parents were more likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance coverage than children with 1 employed parent, even among children in 2-parent families. However, among children with employed parents, the percentage with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage varied widely, depending on the hours worked, employment sector, occupation, industry, and firm size.
Conclusions: Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for children is extremely variable, depending on employment characteristics and marital status of the parents.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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