Table 2 Demographics of merged sample of Medicaid recipients from five states (n = 7202)
VariableFrequency (%)
Age (years)
    <20166 (2.3)
    20–29767 (10.6)
    30–392833 (39.3)
    40–492555 (35.5)
    50–59752 (10.4)
    60+129 (1.8)
Race/ethnicity
    White, not Hispanic2611 (32.8)
    Black, not Hispanic4236 (53.1)
    Hispanic356 (4.5)
Gender
    Female3191 (44.3)
    Male4011 (55.7)
State
    Arkansas221(3.1)
    Georgia1905 (26.5)
    Indiana664 (9.2)
    New Jersey3413 (47.4)
    Washington999 (13.9)
Urban/rural
    Urbanised6348 (88.1)
    Non-urban854 (11.9)