Effects of medicaid expansion on poverty disparities in health insurance coverage

Table 1 Demographic Characteristics among adopted states and non-adopted states before 2014

		Adopted on 2014/1/1		Not adopted on 2014/1/1		P-value
		N	%	N	%
age	26-34	293,965	19.93	285,258	19.58	<.0001
	35-44	332,162	22.52	330,374	22.68
	45-54	423,514	28.71	417,549	28.66
	55-65	425,556	28.85	423,645	29.08
Gender	Female	754,787	51.17	745,841	51.2	0.5939
	Male	720,410	48.83	710,985	48.8	0.5939
Race/Ethnicity	White	1,061,213	71.94	1,088,222	74.7	<.0001
	Black	118,943	8.06	199,898	13.72
	Hispanic	160,728	10.9	108,649	7.46
	Other	134,313	9.1	60,057	4.12
Marital Status	Married	896,448	60.77	903,190	62	<.0001
	Widowed/Divorced/Separated	257,902	17.48	285,617	19.61
	Never married	320,847	21.75	268,019	18.4
Education Level	Less than high school	124,888	8.47	140,152	9.62	<.0001
	High school graduate, GED, or alternative	837,969	56.8	887,294	60.91
	Bachelor's degree or higher	512,340	34.73	429,380	29.47
Employment Status	Unemployed	79,270	5.37	71,171	4.89	<.0001
	Employed	1,056,853	71.64	1,018,495	69.91
	Not in labor force	339,074	22.98	367,160	25.2
		Mean	Standard Error	Mean	Standard Error
Federal Poverty Level		423.06	508.10	368.80	434.30	<.0001

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