How Have State Medicaid Expansion Decisions Affected the Experiences of Low-Income Adults? Perspectives from Ohio, Arkansas, and Missouri
| Appendix A: Overview of Focus Group Participants | |||||||||||
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St. Louis, Missouri (Uninsured) |
Little Rock, Arkansas (Enrolled in Private Option Waiver) |
Columbus, Ohio (Enrolled in Medicaid Expansion) |
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| Total | Women | Men | Black Women | Black Men | Women | Men | Black Women | Black Men | Women | Men | |
| Total | 85 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Male | 38 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Female | 47 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Race | |||||||||||
| Caucasian | 42 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| African American | 42 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Asian American | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Age | |||||||||||
| 22-35 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 36-50 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 51-64 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Marital Status | |||||||||||
| Single | 46 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Living with Partner | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Married | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Divorced/Separated | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Employment Characteristics | |||||||||||
| Full-Time Employed | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Part-Time Employed | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Unemployed | 36 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Educational Attainment | |||||||||||
| High School Graduate | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Some College | 35 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Technical/Vocational College | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| College Graduate | 28 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Dependent Status | |||||||||||
| Children under 19 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| No children | 39 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
