NOTE: You can create a table by completing Section 4, Table Structure, and
using the default selections for all other sections.
To create a table that shows Educational Attainment by Health Insurance
Coverage:
select "Educational Attainment" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Health Insurance Coverage" from the First Column
variable selection box
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
(Numbers in Thousands)
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
Totals
Health Insurance Coverage in 2003
Insured
Uninsured
Totals
287,699
242,893
44,806
Educational Attainment
60,115
53,617
6,498
Children under 15
No high school diploma
46,575
34,874
11,701
High school or equivalent
68,303
54,997
13,306
Some college, less than 4-yr degree
58,608
49,994
8,614
Bachelor's degree or higher
54,098
49,411
4,687
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
Create a table that displays nested row variables
To create a table that nests Educational Attainment and Sex
by Health Insurance Coverage:
NOTE: If you previously created the first example table, then
use the Back button in your browser to return to the selection page.
Using the Back button allows your browser to retain the information
from your previous table creation. This saves you keystrokes when
you want to create another similar table. The steps below presume
you have not previously created the previous example table.
select "Educational Attainment" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Sex" from the
Second Row variable selection box
select "Health Insurance Coverage" from the First Column
variable selection box
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below -- note that the counts by Sex
are nested within each value of Educational Attainment
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
(Numbers in Thousands)
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
Totals
Health Insurance Coverage in 2003
Insured
Uninsured
Totals
Totals
287,699
242,893
44,806
Sex
140,931
117,216
23,715
Male
Female
146,768
125,677
21,091
Educational Attainment
60,115
53,617
6,498
Children under 15
Totals
Sex
30,675
27,353
3,321
Male
Female
29,440
26,263
3,177
No high school diploma
Totals
46,575
34,874
11,701
Sex
23,518
16,950
6,568
Male
Female
23,057
17,924
5,133
High school or equivalent
Totals
68,303
54,997
13,306
Sex
32,507
25,302
7,205
Male
Female
35,796
29,695
6,101
Some college, less than 4-yr degree
Totals
58,608
49,994
8,614
Sex
26,975
22,793
4,182
Male
Female
31,633
27,201
4,432
Bachelor's degree or higher
Totals
54,098
49,411
4,687
Sex
27,256
24,817
2,439
Male
Female
26,842
24,595
2,248
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
Create a table that displays separate row variables
To create a table that displays Educational Attainment and Sex as separate row variables
by the column variable Health Insurance Coverage:
select "Display as separate variables" from the selection box
immediately above the First Row selection box
select "Educational Attainment" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Sex" from the
Second Row variable selection box
select "Health Insurance Coverage" from the First Column
variable selection box
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below -- note that the counts
Educational Attainment and Sex are not nested, they appear
with the First Row variable's counts followed by the Second
Row variable's counts
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
(Numbers in Thousands)
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
Totals
Health Insurance Coverage in 2003
Insured
Uninsured
Totals
287,699
242,893
44,806
Educational Attainment
60,115
53,617
6,498
Children under 15
No high school diploma
46,575
34,874
11,701
High school or equivalent
68,303
54,997
13,306
Some college, less than 4-yr degree
58,608
49,994
8,614
Bachelor's degree or higher
54,098
49,411
4,687
Sex
140,931
117,216
23,715
Male
Female
146,768
125,677
21,091
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
Showing percentages
To create a table that shows Educational Attainment by Health
Insurance Coverage and shows both the default person count and
the percent (with one decimal place)
of persons by Health Insurance Coverage:
select "Educational Attainment" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Health Insurance Coverage" from the First Column
variable selection box
in Section 5, Statistics, select "Health Insurance Coverage"
from the "Percentages by" selection box --
note that your "Percentages by" selection MUST be a variable you have
selected for a Row, Column, or Page variable in your table and you may
not use a "Percentage by" variable when you display two or more "separate"
variables in Rows or Columns
select "One Decimal" from the right-most "Percentages by" selection
box
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
Percentages by Health Insurance Coverage
(Sums in Thousands)
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
Totals
Health Insurance Coverage in 2003
Insured
Uninsured
Persons
Persons
Persons
Sum
PCT
Sum
PCT
Sum
PCT
Totals
287,699
100.0%
242,893
84.4%
44,806
15.6%
Educational Attainment
60,115
100.0%
53,617
89.2%
6,498
10.8%
Children under 15
No high school diploma
46,575
100.0%
34,874
74.9%
11,701
25.1%
High school or equivalent
68,303
100.0%
54,997
80.5%
13,306
19.5%
Some college, less than 4-yr degree
58,608
100.0%
49,994
85.3%
8,614
14.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
54,098
100.0%
49,411
91.3%
4,687
8.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
Showing an additional numeric variable statistic
To create a table that shows Educational Attainment by Health
Insurance Coverage and shows the average Family Income instead
of the Person count:
select "Educational Attainment" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Health Insurance Coverage" from the First Column
variable selection box
in Section 5, Statistics, select "Family Income"
from the "Variable" selection box in the "Additional numeric variable
statistics" section
select "Mean" (the default) from the "Statistics" selection box
select "No" from the "Display the default sums" selection box
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
Totals
Health Insurance Coverage in 2003
Insured
Uninsured
Family Income in 2003
Family Income in 2003
Family Income in 2003
Mean
Mean
Mean
Totals
64,354
68,532
41,704
Educational Attainment
65,499
68,271
42,627
Children under 15
No high school diploma
45,666
49,939
32,929
High school or equivalent
51,559
54,572
39,101
Some college, less than 4-yr degree
64,244
67,697
44,199
Bachelor's degree or higher
95,443
98,318
65,132
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
Using a subset
To create a table that shows Educational Attainment by Health
Insurance Coverage but only includes people in the state of
Maryland:
in Section 3, Subsetting, select "Maryland" from the "By State"
selection box (you can select up to five subsetting conditions
for a table)
select "Educational Attainment" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Health Insurance Coverage" from the First Column
variable selection box
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below -- note that the subset is
indicated in the box in the extreme upper left corner of the
table
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
(Numbers in Thousands)
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
State: MD
Totals
Health Insurance Coverage in 2003
Insured
Uninsured
Totals
5,485
4,725
760
Educational Attainment
1,132
1,047
85
Children under 15
No high school diploma
825
594
231
High school or equivalent
1,289
1,026
263
Some college, less than 4-yr degree
913
804
110
Bachelor's degree or higher
1,325
1,254
71
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
Using an alternate pre-defined format
To create a table that shows Age by Sex but uses the Age
groupings of age 0-5 and 6-17 (and excludes people of all
other ages):
select "Age" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Sex" from the First Column variable selection box
in section 6, Customized Formatting, select "00-05,06-17" from
the "Age Ranges" selection box (this lists the age groupings
that frequently occur in our published tables);
note that this also subsets by age
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below -- note that the subset is NOT
shown in the upper-left box of the table; the subset is not shown
when that variable is a row, column, or page variable
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
(Numbers in Thousands)
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
Totals
Sex
Male
Female
Totals
72,999
37,184
35,815
Age
23,629
12,039
11,590
00 to 05
06 to 17
49,370
25,145
24,225
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
Using a customized format
To create a table that shows Age by Sex but uses the Age
groupings of age 0-10 and 11-20 (and excludes people of all
other ages):
select "Age" from the
First Row variable selection box
select "Sex" from the First Column variable selection box
in section 6, Customized Formatting, enter
"0" (or "00") in the "Minimum Age Range #1" box
"10" in the "Maximum Age Range #1" box
"11" in the "Minimum Age Range #2" box
"20" in the "Maximum Age Range #2" box
(this is how to get age groupings that are not listed
in the selection box above
-- note that
there may not be gaps in the age ranges, such as 3-9 and 11-17
with age 10 omitted);
note that this also subsets by age
Be sure that "None" is selected from the pre-defined age range
selection box (immediately above where you enter your
customized ranges)
press the "Get Table" button at the bottom of the page
this creates the table below -- note that the subset is NOT
shown in the upper-left box of the table; the subset is not shown
when that variable is a row, column, or page variable
CPS Data Collected in Year: 2004
Persons in Poverty Universe
(Numbers in Thousands)
NOTE: The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement is an annual survey of approximately 78,000 households nationwide. Therefore, use extreme caution when making inferences when the cell sizes are small.
Some CPS questions, such as income, ask about the previous year. Others, such as age, refer to the time of the survey. The column labels indicate any subject with a reference year which differs from the survey year.
Totals
Sex
Male
Female
Totals
84,592
43,254
41,338
Age
43,125
22,060
21,065
00 to 10
11 to 20
41,467
21,194
20,273
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004
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for further information on the Current Population Survey Table Creator.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division