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 |