Women Take Primary Responsibilities for Children’s Medical Needs
Women Take Primary Responsibilities for Children’s Medical Needs Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
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Women Take Primary Responsibilities for Children’s Medical Needs Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
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The Nonelderly Uninsured Population by Age and Parent Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU/ Urban Institute analysis of 2012 ASEC Supplement to the CPS
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Uninsured Rates of Children, by Citizenship Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of March 2011 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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