Nonresident Fathers:
To What Extent Do They Have Access to Employment-Based Health Care Coverage?

by
Laura Wheaton
The Urban Institute

June 2000

Prepared for:
Linda Mellgren
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contract No. HHS-100-95-0021

The author thanks Linda Blumberg, Linda Mellgren, Susan Knefley, Elaine Sorensen, Frank Ullman and members of the Medical Child Support Working Group for their comments on earlier drafts of this work. Thanks are also extended to Jonathan Fischbach, Joseph Llobrera, and Joyce Morton for research and programming assistance, and to Corinna Nicolaou for editorial assistance. Support for this research was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. The views expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Urban Institute or its funders.

This report available on the Internet at:
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/ncp-health00/index.htm

Contents

Executive Summary

Full Report

Appendices:

  1. Effect of Reweighting on the Estimates
  2. Methodology for Imputing Employer Offer Of Dependent Coverage
  3. Numbers Behind the Percentages Presented in the Tables
  4. Impact of Additional Coverage, by Race and Child Support Status

List of Tables

  1. Characteristics of Custodial Mothers and Nonresident Fathers in 1993
  2. Provision for Health Costs in the Child Support Award or Agreement
  3. Health Care Coverage of Children in Custodial Families in 1993
  4. Nonresident Fathers, By Months Provided Coverage in 1993
  5. Nonproviders' Access to Health Care Coverage
  6. Custodial Family Coverage Versus Potential Nonresident Father Coverage
  7. Nonresident Fathers' Work and Health Care Coverage Status Throughout the Year
  8. Continuity of Health Care Coverage for Children in Custodial Families
  9. Child Support and Health Care Coverage, by Location of the Nonresident Father
  10. Provision for Health Costs, By Location of the Nonresident Father

Appendix Tables

Where to?

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Executive Summary of Report

Home Pages:
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Updated 11/27/00