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Table 2. Persons Poor Two or More Months, by Selected Characteristics: 1993 and 1994
1993 Panel 1993 1994
Persons ever Persons ever Persons ever
poor poor poor
over the panel during the year during the year
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
All persons 246156 74584 30.3 252821 56491 22.3 255550 54800 21.4
Race and Hispanic origin
White 204533 54859 26.8 210292 40354 19.2 212481 38861 18.3
Not of Hispanic origin1 184163 43911 23.8 189477 30903 16.3 190322 29473 15.5
Black 31316 15800 50.5 32087 13144 41.0 32515 13059 40.2
Hispanic origin 23950 12908 53.9 24769 11145 45.0 26165 10940 41.8
Not of Hispanic origin 222206 61676 27.8 228052 45346 19.9 229385 43859 19.1
Age
Under 18 years 68894 28893 41.9 68576 22598 33.0 69590 22529 32.4
18 to 64 years 151830 41025 27.0 155260 29964 19.3 156665 28317 18.1
65 years and over 25432 4666 18.3 28984 3929 13.6 29296 3954 13.5
Sex
Male 119523 33771 28.3 123274 25394 20.6 124762 24165 19.4
Female 126632 40813 32.2 129547 31097 24.0 130788 30635 23.4
Educational Attainment (persons 18 years and over)
Less than 4 years of high school 34150 15432 45.2 36815 12852 34.9 37030 12221 33.0
High school graduate, no college 66965 17178 25.7 69595 12410 17.8 69293 11973 17.3
1 or more years of college 76146 13081 17.2 77835 8631 11.1 79638 8077 10.1
Disability Status (persons 15 to 69 years)
With a work disability 28669 11768 41.0 31059 9538 30.7 30124 8991 29.8
With no work disability 142812 34626 24.2 144564 24392 16.9 147228 23445 15.9
Residence
Metropolitan 189065 54562 28.9 194905 41130 21.1 196479 39768 20.2
Central city 70140 26829 38.3 73846 22130 30.0 76901 21976 28.6
Non-central city 118925 27732 23.3 121059 19000 15.7 119578 17792 14.9
Nonmetropolitan 57091 20022 35.1 57915 15361 26.5 59071 15031 25.4
Region
Northeast 50388 13697 27.2 50504 10108 20.0 51374 9892 19.3
Midwest 64083 17017 26.6 63858 12216 19.1 65462 12069 18.4
South 82042 26788 32.7 86498 21119 24.4 86054 20044 23.3
West 49643 17083 34.4 51960 13048 25.1 52660 12795 24.3
Family Status
In families 213649 62409 29.2 217357 46124 21.2 220848 45423 20.6
In families with related
children under 18 years 141738 51676 36.5 142335 39293 27.6 144608 39167 27.1
In married-couple families 170810 38872 22.8 172674 25573 14.8 174581 24603 14.1
In married-couple families with
related children under 18 years 110688 31102 28.1 109804 20719 18.9 111143 20232 18.2
In families with a female householder,
no spouse present 36653 21325 58.2 37926 18879 49.8 39714 19240 48.4
In families with a female householder,
no spouse present, with related
children under 18 years 28072 19100 68.0 29112 17344 59.6 30214 17785 58.9
Unrelated individuals 32507 12175 37.5 35464 10368 29.2 34702 9377 27.0
In non-family households 30179 10699 35.5 32724 8947 27.3 32181 8041 25.0
Employment and Labor Force Status
(persons 18 years and over)
Employed full-time 93506 16226 17.4 94108 9112 9.7 94940 8014 8.4
Employed part-time 22353 6613 29.6 22746 4631 20.4 22945 4318 18.8
Unemployed 7658 4597 60.0 8686 4476 51.5 7387 3762 50.9
Not in labor force 53744 18256 34.0 58705 15675 26.7 60689 16176 26.7
Marital Status (persons 18 years and over)
Married 107291 20769 19.4 109084 13632 12.5 110013 12703 11.5
Separated, divorced, or widowed 32139 12067 37.5 34676 9900 28.6 34641 9663 27.9
Never married 37831 12855 34.0 40485 10360 25.6 41306 9905 24.0
Family Size
1 person (unrelated individual) 32507 12175 37.5 35464 10368 29.2 34704 9379 27.0
2 persons 55879 11660 20.9 58288 8348 14.3 58289 7889 13.5
3 persons 47119 12378 26.3 47959 8509 17.7 48930 8714 17.8
4 persons 56224 15580 27.7 56817 11691 20.6 57428 10677 18.6
5 persons 32080 11186 34.9 32075 8332 26.0 33049 8790 26.6
6 or more persons 22347 11604 51.9 22218 9243 41.6 23150 9352 40.4
Access to Health Insurance
Covered by health insurance 213466 53828 25.2 217299 39169 18.0 220992 39026 17.7
Private insurance 185048 31764 17.2 187248 18111 9.7 189001 17051 9.0
Medicare 27976 5580 19.9 31340 4523 14.4 32159 4698 14.6
Medicaid 25529 21796 85.4 26499 20826 78.6 28766 21903 76.1
Not covered by health insurance 32689 20756 63.5 35522 17322 48.8 34558 15774 45.6
Receipt of Public Assistance
Received public assistance2 35867 29406 82.0 37780 27946 74.0 39117 28199 72.1
Did not receive public assistance 210289 45178 21.5 215041 28545 13.3 216433 26600 12.3
1Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
2Public assistance programs include AFDC or General Assistance, Supplemental Security Income,
food stamps, Medicaid, and housing assistance.
