title: The influence of paid work, race-ethnicity, and immigrant status on health care coverage after welfare reform in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
abstract: A random sample of 84 past and present Temporary Assistance to Needy Families recipients in Hennepin County, Minnesota, were interviewed regarding their health care coverage and corresponding work histories over a 42-month period. Diverse racial-ethnic and immigrant groups of color were oversampled. A life history calendar technique and supplementary interview questions were utilized. The researchers found an inverse relationship between amount of paid work and health care coverage. Different racial-ethnic and immigrant groups had different patterns of health care coverage that were not explained sufficiently by amount of paid work. The authors posit that a lack of a publicly known linkage between paid work and Medicaid resulted in uninsurance for low-income workers and call for further research to explain different insurance patterns among racial-ethnic groups.
authors: School of Social Work, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, USA. jetoft@stthomas.edu
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Toft
authors: C David
authors: CD
authors: Hollister
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Martin
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000145:classification*; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008910:Minnesota; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*