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Table 14: Tracking the Health Insurance Statxus of Cohorts of Welfare Leavers Using SIPP Panel Data in the Months Before and After Leaving Welfare, 1996–1999
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Six-month period on welfare before exit
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Months After Exit
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First 6 mths
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7–12 mths
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13–18 mths
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19–24 mths
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25–30 mths
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31–36 mths
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37–42 mths
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A: Percent with any health insurance
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Cohort leaving welfare after:
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first 6 mths in 1996
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100.0
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91.9
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81.6
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80.0
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80.2
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75.1
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72.9
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76.3
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second 6 mths in 1996
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98.8
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87.0
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85.1
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81.5
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78.9
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86.7
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86.0
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first 6 mths in 1997
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98.6
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89.1
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79.9
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79.5
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80.2
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81.9
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second 6 mths in 1997
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98.4
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81.5
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83.7
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80.5
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74.4
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first 6 mths in 1998
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99.0
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85.2
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79.3
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78.8
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second 6 mths in 1998
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97.8
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88.5
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88.7
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first 6 mths in 1999
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98.1
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89.1
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B: Percent with Medicare or Medicaid
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Cohort leaving welfare after:
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first 6 mths in 1996
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100.0
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83.3
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61.3
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55.3
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44.3
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42.5
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41.5
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40.4
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second 6 mths in 1996
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97.7
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77.7
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73.5
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58.3
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54.0
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56.0
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53.3
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first 6 mths in 1997
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97.8
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81.4
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62.4
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56.9
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55.6
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54.9
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second 6 mths in 1997
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98.4
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73.9
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68.2
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59.5
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54.3
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first 6 mths in 1998
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99.0
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78.1
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64.8
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63.6
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second 6 mths in 1998
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97.8
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83.3
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76.6
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first 6 mths in 1999
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95.9
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83.8
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C: Percent with private health insurance
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Cohort leaving welfare after:
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first 6 mths in 1996
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14.2
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23.0
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31.4
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35.6
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40.7
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41.4
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37.1
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42.3
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second 6 mths in 1996
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12.0
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18.9
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24.4
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32.9
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33.9
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40.8
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37.8
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first 6 mths in 1997
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14.6
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22.9
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24.2
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32.8
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35.6
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37.5
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second 6 mths in 1997
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14.7
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19.9
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22.7
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21.6
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29.7
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first 6 mths in 1998
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17.4
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23.2
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28.2
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30.8
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second 6 mths in 1998
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7.5
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12.7
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20.0
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first 6 mths in 1999
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17.0
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19.6
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Note: Population restricted to women ages 20–55 (last panel interview) with children under age 18 (in 6-month period before exit) and who did not attrite from the sample in any of the 12 waves. Welfare leavers are those who are observed to be on welfare for at least 4 months out of a 6-month period (the 6-month period on welfare before exit) followed by an 8-month period with at least 4 months off welfare. Some leavers return to welfare in later periods and they are included in the post-exit months.
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