Do state laws reduce uptake of Medicaid/CHIP by U.S. citizen children in immigrant families: evaluating evidence for a chilling effect

Table 1 Effect of Restrictive State Laws on U.S. Citizen Children in Low Income Families Use of Medicaid/CHIP: 2000–2008

20 State Analysis	All Children	Children in Immigrant Families
Restrictive Law	− 0.004 (.0076)	-0.003 (.0143)
Restrictive Law*Immigrant Family	− 0.018* (.0097)	NA
Immigrant Family	0.030** (.0136)	NA
Restrictive Law*Non-Citizen Mother	NA	-0.023** (.0108)
Restrictive Law*Naturalized Mother	NA	-0.017 (.0111)

^*p ≤ .1, **p ≤ .05, ***p ≤ .01
All children includes all children 18 and under in state x at year y with families income 200% or below of federal poverty level. Includes state and year fixed effects. In this all children linear probability regression, data was weighted and the standard error was clustered at the state level. Regression controlled for: mother’s citizenship, race, ethnicity, number of children, and education; family poverty level; State characteristics including, Unemployment rate, % of State Pop. Immigrants, % of State Non-Citizen Immigrants, % of State HS Grad. and above, State Net Revenue, State Gov. Party Concordance and Pre-Analysis State Generosity. Immigrant family linear probability regression also controlled for mother’s citizenship

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