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TABLE
7. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BY RATIO OF FAMILY INCOME
TO POVERTY LEVEL
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS UNDER 19 YEARS OF AGE
1997 |
|
RATIO
OF
FAMILY INCOME
TO POVERTY LEVEL |
NO
COVERAGE |
COVERAGE
|
TOTAL
|
|
NUMBER
|
PERCENT
|
NUMBER
|
PERCENT
|
NUMBER
|
|
BELOW
POVERTY |
85,478
|
24.7
|
260,181
|
75.3
|
345,658
|
|
BELOW
133% POVERTY |
37,547
|
34.5
|
71,133
|
65.5
|
108,680
|
|
133%
POVERTY + |
212,714
|
12.9
|
1,440,888
|
87.1
|
1,653,602
|
|
TOTAL
|
335,739
|
15.9
|
1,772,202
|
84.1
|
2,107,941
|
SOURCE:
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY OF MARCH, 1998
U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS |
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