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Health Insurance Coverage in U.S. Urban and Rural Areas
Author(s) -
Frenzen Paul D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.439
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1748-0361
pISSN - 0890-765X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1993.tb00514.x
Subject(s) - census , residence , population , geography , health insurance , rural area , socioeconomics , environmental health , business , demography , medicine , health care , economic growth , sociology , economics , pathology
This study examines the health insurance coverage of the nonelderly population in U.S. urban and rural areas in 1989, using data from the March 1990 Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Access to coverage was assessed by classifying all persons by family employment status and income. Rural residents had less access to coverage than urban residents but were only slightly less likely to be insured. In comparison to urban residents, fewer rural residents obtained coverage through employment, and more purchased private coverage outside the work place. The differences in coverage by family employment status and income were generally much greater than the differences by place of residence.