1998 New Jersey Health Insurance Data
From the Current Population Survey (CPS) of March 1999
TABLE
7. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BY RATIO OF
FAMILY INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS UNDER 19 YEARS OF AGE
1998
RATIO
OF FAMILY INCOME
TO POVERTY LEVEL
NO
COVERAGE
COVERAGE
TOTAL
NUMBER
PERCENT
NUMBER
PERCENT
NUMBER
BELOW
POVERTY
91,226
28.9
224,796
71.1
316,021
BELOW
133% POVERTY
28,995
20.4
113,401
79.6
142,396
133%
POVERTY +
176,906
10.4
1,524,866
89.6
1,701,772
TOTAL
297,126
13.8
1,863,062
86.2
2,160,189
SOURCE:
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY OF MARCH, 1999, U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
NOTE: ROWS AND COLUMNS MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL DUE TO SAMPLE EXPANSION
METHODOLOGY.
