2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

outside the TGAs to report that all or some of their children have insurance coverage. Finally, mothers inthe Glades were significantly more likely than mothers in the non-Glades TGAs to report receivingregular medical care.There were also differences in self-reported health information and insurance coverage according tomothers’ race/ethnicity. Black mothers were significantly more likely than Hispanic mothers to report thattheir health and their focal child’s health was “good” to “excellent.” At the same time, however, blackmothers were more likely than Hispanic mothers to report having a physical or mental health problem(11% vs. 1%), while white/other mothers reported more health problems (29%) than both black andHispanic mothers. In addition, black and white/other mothers were more likely than Hispanic mothers toreport that they had insurance coverage for themselves, while black mothers were more likely than eitherHispanic or white/other mothers to report that all or some of their children were covered by healthinsurance. Finally, black mothers were more likely than Hispanic or white/other mothers to reportreceiving regular medical care themselves.According to Table 16, differences by nativity reflect the race/ethnicity results. That is, U.S.-born motherswere more positive about their children’s health and their own health than foreign-born mothers, but morelikely to report having a physical or mental health issue themselves. The reasons for these differences arenot clear. One reason might be differences in interpretations of the survey question about general health;another might be different views of what it means to have special medical needs. Also, U.S.-born motherswere more likely to report that they have insurance, and that at least some of their children haveinsurance. Perhaps because they were more likely to have insurance, U.S.-born mothers were also morelikely to get regular medical care for themselves.Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 33