Is ACA Coverage Affordable for Low-Income People? Perspectives from Individuals in Six Cities
| Appendix A: Overview of Focus Group Participants | ||||||||||||
| Medicaid | Marketplace | |||||||||||
| Baltimore | Columbus | Oakland | Medicaid Total | Baltimore | Columbus | Oakland | Richmond | St. Louis | Tampa | Marketplace Total | ||
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 61 | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 27 | |
| Female | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 34 | |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 22-35 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| 36-50 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| 51-64 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 28 | |
| Marital Status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | |
| Single | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |
| Living with Partner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Divorced / Separated | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Widowed | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Employment Chacteristics | ||||||||||||
| Full-Time | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | |
| Part-Time | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 27 | |
| Unemployed | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Educational Attainment | ||||||||||||
| Did not Finish High School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| High School Graduate | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Some College | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | |
| College Graduate | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 31 | |
| Dependent Status | ||||||||||||
| Children under 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |
| No Children | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 41 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| White | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 34 | |
| Black | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | |
| Hispanic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |