1998 New Jersey Health Insurance Data
From the Current Population Survey (CPS) of March 1999
TABLE
9. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BY EDUCATION LEVEL
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS 19 THROUGH 64 YEARS OF AGE
1998
EDUCATION
NO
COVERAGE
COVERAGE
TOTAL
NUMBER
PERCENT
NUMBER
PERCENT
NUMBER
NO
HIGH SCHOOL
77,703
49.0
80,862
51.0
158,565
SOME
HIGH SCHOOL
107,753
36.0
191,822
64.0
299,575
HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATE
344,803
21.0
1,295,868
79.0
1,640,670
SOME
COLLEGE
212,713
20.6
818,348
79.4
1,031,061
COLLEGE
GRADUATE +
256,725
13.4
1,664,799
86.6
1,921,524
TOTAL
999,696
19.8
4,051,699
80.2
5,051,395
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.
