Health Insurance indicators have been updated incorporating the newly release 2007 Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement. In addition there are revisions to the 1997 to 2005 estimates. In March of 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau discovered that in a small percentage of cases, some residents of a household were erroneously considered to have no health insurance. Revised public-use data were released by the Census Bureau for the 1997 through 2006 CPS files. Health insurance coverage estimates posted on the Kids Count data website reflect those revisions. The Census Bureau has not released revised CPS data files for 1996 and prior. Therefore health insurance coverage estimates on the Kids Count website for years labeled 1996 and prior have not been updated. Because 1996 and prior are likely to have some degree of under-reporting of health insurance coverage it is not advisable to compare estimates labeled 1996 and prior to estimates labeled 1997 or beyond. You can read a more in-depth description of the data revisions by the Census Bureau at the following site: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/usernote/schedule.html
Health Insurance
• Children 17 and below without health insurance
• Children 17 and below without health insurance, by Age Group
• Children 18 and below without health insurance, by Age Group
• Children 17 and below without health insurance, by Poverty Level
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