Romero: Table 1, Characteristics of Mothers and Their Chronically Ill Children, by Welfare Status

Table 1 Characteristics of Mothers and Their Chronically Ill Children, by Welfare Status (percent)
		Family Welfare Status
Characteristics	Total (N=504)	Currently Receiving TANF (12.5%)	Formerly Received TANF/AFDC (23.8%)	Denied (10.5%)	Pending (8.3%)	Never Received TANF/AFDC (44.8%)
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic	62.2	62.3	45.0	78.8	53.7	69.2
Black, non-Hispanic	22.0	23.0	39.2	17.3	29.3	12.2
White, non-Hispanic	10.5	4.9	7.5	3.8	12.2	14.9
Other	5.3	9.8	8.3	0.0	29.3	3.6
Child's Health
Limitation in activity	62.5	71.4	65.0	75.5	69.0	54.4
Emergency dept. visit in last 6 months	58.7	68.3	60.0	66.0	57.1	54.0
High health care use^a	21.8	31.7	27.5	17.0	19.0	17.7
Mother's Health
Routinely suffers from any of 9 chronic health conditions	70.5	82.0	76.1	78.4	77.5	60.8
Health problems make activities of daily living difficult	63.6	72.0	63.7	63.4	81.3	56.3
Routinely suffers from depression	26.5	42.9	28.6	32.1	42.9	16.4
Has experienced domestic violence	23.8	31.7	29.5	28.6	40.0	16.4
Has health insurance	45.7	85.7	34.5	47.2	45.2	40.3
Mother's Employment
Currently employed	42.3	17.5	47.5	52.8	19.0	48.2
Worked in past 3 years	63.2	51.9	81.0	68.0	76.5	53.8
Tried or wanted to work in past 3 years	40.2	52.0	58.3	50.0	25.0	31.5
Source: From the project Finding Common Ground in the Era of Welfare Reform. For more details of the analysis and levels of significance of these characteristics, see D. Romero, R. Chavkin, P. Wise, L. Smith, and P. Wood, "Welfare to Work? Impact of Maternal Health on Employment," American Journal of Public Health 92, no. 9 (2002): 1462-68; L. Smith, D. Romero, P. Wood, N. Wampler, W. Chavkin, and P. Wise, "Employment Barriers among Welfare Recipients and Applicants with Chronically Ill Children," American Journal of Public Health 92, no. 9 (2002):1453- 57. ^aThree or more emergency department visits or 2 or more hospitalizations in last 6 months.