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Indicator 44. Health Insurance

Percent of children under 18 with Medicare or private doctor/surgeon insurance, by parental education and family income: 1989

_______________________________________________________________________                     |         |   Highest level of parental education  Characteristics of |  Total  |________________________________________  children and their |         |Not high |  High   |  Some   |4 or more    their families   |         | school  | school  | college | years of                     |         |graduate |graduate |         | college ____________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________ Male ...............     68.9      27.9      65.8      77.8       89.1 Female .............     68.8      29.0      65.1      77.3       90.4  White ..............     73.3      32.0      70.3      81.0       91.0 Black ..............     49.3      20.8      47.9      62.9       82.6 Other ..............     54.1      15.1      44.3      58.0       79.5     Family income Less Than $5,000 ...     14.6       6.9      18.9      31.4       29.5 $5,000 to $9,999 ...     19.0      12.0      23.7      26.7       28.1 $10,000 to $14,999 .     38.4      24.9      42.3      49.4       56.1 $15,000 to $24,999 .     65.7      43.3      67.9      69.3       80.1 $25,000 to $34,999 .     85.0      67.6      82.8      87.3       91.4 $35,000 to $49,999 .     91.1      82.3      89.2      91.6       93.2 $50,000 or more ....     93.5      80.8      90.8      93.3       94.3  In poverty .........     20.8      11.4      25.5      33.2       42.4 Not in poverty .....     82.3      54.8      77.9      84.0       91.5 _______________________________________________________________________