More Information Regarding the Uninsured in Michigan
By Education
- In general, the higher the educational attainment of the head of household, the lower the rate of uninsurance. Families headed by an individual with less than a bachelor's degree have an uninsured rate of 14.9 percent; while those headed by a person with at least a bachelor's degree have an uninsured rate of 5.1 percent.
- Households headed by a person with less than a bachelor's degree represent 87.6 percent of uninsured households while families headed by a person with a bachelor's degree or higher represent 12.4 percent.
By Family Type
- More than one in five households headed by a single adult are uninsured which is more than two and a half times that for families headed by a married couple which have an uninsured rate of 7.9 percent.
- Families with children represent 39.5 percent of the uninsured, while households without children represent 60.5 percent.
- More than half (56.6 percent) of the uninsured live in families headed by a single individual, while the remaining 43.4 percent live in households headed by a married couple.
By Location
- Urban areas of the state have a somewhat higher rate of uninsurance of 12.2 percent as opposed to rural rates of 11.0 percent.
- A full 86 percent of the uninsured live in urban areas of the state while only 14 percent live in rural areas.
By Work Status
- Almost one in five (19.1 percent) individuals in families with a part-time worker are uninsured, which is more than double that for families with a full-time worker whose rate is 8.9 percent.
- Individuals in households with a full-time worker represent the majority (52.9 percent) of the uninsured while those in households with part-time and seasonal workers represent 26 percent. Members of households headed by a non-worker represent 21.2 percent of the uninsured.
By Private Sector Firm Size
- Individuals in families headed by an employee at a private sector firm with less than 100 workers are almost twice as likely to be uninsured, with a rate of 14.6 percent, than those headed by a worker at a firm with 100 or more employees, whose rate of uninsurance is 7.5 percent.
- More than half (52.3 percent) of the uninsured live with a household headed by a worker at a private firm with less than 100 employees; almost one-third (30.4 percent) live with a head of household working in a firm with more than 1,000 employees.
By Industry
- Families headed by a person who is self-employed are three times more likely to be uninsured, with a rate of 21.8 percent, than individuals in families headed by a worker in the public sector who have an uninsured rate of 6.3 percent; one in ten individuals in families headed by a worker in the private sector is uninsured.
- Individuals in working families whose head of household is employed in the private sector represent 57.2 percent of the uninsured, those headed by a person who is self-employed represent 16 percent, those headed by a public sector employee comprise 5.7 percent of the uninsured and those headed by a non-worker constitute 21.2 percent of the uninsured.
Note: Comparisons in text are based on the current three-year average (2004-2006) unless otherwise noted. Source: CPS Data Files (2004-2006), Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Resources:
- » Secondary Health Insurers and Hospital Claims
- » Dealing with Multiple Hospital Health Insurance Bills
- » Learning How to Deal with Paying Hospital Bills
- » Resolving Late or Unpaid Health Insurance Hospital Bills
- » Keeping and Maintaining Hospital Bills and Records
Articles:
- » Introduction to Traditional Individual and Group Plans, Hospital Bills
- » Summary to Dealing with Hospital and Health Insurance Bills
- » Information on Self-funded Health Insurance Plans
Michigan Health Guide Pages:
- » Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured in Michigan
- » Overview of Michigan Health Insurance Coverage and The Uninsured
- » How Information was Gathered Regarding Michigan Health Insurance Coverage
- » The Population Makeup in Michigan
- » Comapring Michigan Health Insurance Coverage to Other States
- » Michigan Health Insurance Coverage Trends
- » Facts Regarding Those Lacking Michigan Health Insurance
- » More Information Regarding the Uninsured in Michigan
- » Age Profile of Those Lacking Michigan Health Insurance
- » Racial Profile of the Uninsured in Michigan
- » Gender Profile of Those Without Michigan Health Insurance
- » Those Without Michigan Health Insurance Based on Family Income
- » Families with Children Lacking Michigan Health Insurance
- » Profile of Those Without Michigan Health Insurance based on Educational Attainment
- » Family Types Lacking in Michigan Health Insurance
- » Profiles of Those without Michigan Health Insurance based on Location
- » Families without Michigan Health Insurance based on Work Status
- » Uninsured Families in Michigan Based on Private Firm Size of Family Head
- » Facts Regarding Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage in Michigan
- » More Facts Regarding Those Receiving Employer-Based Health Insurance in Michigan
- » Facts About Those with Individual Michgian Health Insurance Coverage
- » More Information on Those Having Individual Health Insurance Coverage in Michigan
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