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LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE (4 OF 13) |
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Characteristics of Uninsured
- Work Status
- Eight out of every ten uninsured people are members of families with at least one wage earner, and six out of every ten uninsured people are wage earners themselves.
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- Income Status
- Two-thirds of all uninsured persons are members of lower-income families (earning less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level).
- Age of Uninsured
- See chart to right.
Source: Fronstin D. 2000. Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured: Analysis of the March 2000 Current survey. Issue Brief No. 228. Washington, DC: Employee Benefit Research Institute
