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| TABLE
10. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS
AND SOURCE OF COVERAGE
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS UNDER 65 YEARS OF AGE
1997 |
|
|
EMPLOYMENT
RELATED GROUP |
NONGROUP/
OTHER |
MEDICAID
|
UNINSURED
|
TOTAL
|
| EMPLOYMENT
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
| FULL-TIME
&
DEPENDENTS |
4,187,764
|
78.7
|
262,178
|
4.9
|
92,861
|
1.7
|
780,968
|
14.7
|
5,323,770
|
| PART-TIME
(>1,500 HOURS)
& DEPENDENTS |
142,161
|
48.0
|
23,556
|
8.0
|
32,049
|
10.8
|
98,435
|
33.2
|
296,200
|
| PART-TIME
(<1,500 HOURS)
& DEPENDENTS |
141,569
|
29.8
|
44,171
|
9.3
|
97,131
|
20.4
|
192,592
|
40.5
|
475,462
|
| UNEMPLOYED
|
14,635
|
23.8
|
0
|
0.0
|
9,337
|
15.2
|
37,557
|
61.0
|
61,528
|
| DISABLED
|
31,737
|
18.7
|
47,119
|
27.8
|
56,635
|
33.4
|
34,109
|
20.1
|
169,600
|
| RETIRED
|
68,473
|
51.7
|
25,296
|
19.1
|
13,073
|
9.9
|
25,556
|
19.3
|
132,398
|
| STUDENT
|
12,917
|
16.9
|
2,158
|
2.8
|
23,465
|
30.8
|
37,687
|
49.4
|
76,226
|
| HOMEMAKER
|
198,892
|
56.9
|
40,812
|
11.7
|
33,901
|
9.7
|
76,078
|
21.8
|
349,682
|
| NON-DEPENDENT
CHILDREN |
11,685
|
6.5
|
11,696
|
6.5
|
139,060
|
77.2
|
17,806
|
9.9
|
180,247
|
| TOTAL
|
4,809,831
|
68.1
|
456,985
|
6.5
|
497,510
|
7.0
|
1,300,786
|
18.4
|
7,065,113
|
SOURCE: CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY OF MARCH, 1998
U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS NOTE:
PERSONS UNDER 65 COVERED BY MEDICARE ARE IN THE "OTHER" GROUP
IN THIS TABLE |
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