Journal of Student Research 2010

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Journal of Student Research

Table 2 Compare Means INS

ACC EXP PRO VIS

CAR

LOS

Yes:

Mean:

4.37

2.83

3.77

4.29

3.34

2.82

SD:

0.86

1.45

1.23

1.26

1.40

1.51

Range:

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

No:

Mean:

3.07

1.54

2.13

2.66

1.60

3.50

SD:

1.51

1.13

1.30

1.68

0.82

1.52

Range:

3.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

2.00

4.00

Note . (ACC)=Students have access to health need services; (EXP) =Students are able to afford out of pocket medical expenses; (PRO) =Students are able to provide for their health needs; (VIS) =Students have visited health care provider within one year; (CAR) = Students visit a health care provider for preventative care; (LOS) = Students worry they will lose their insurance in the future if they lose their job. An independent samples t-test was run to compare mean scores for insured and uninsured students. There were four variables with significant mean differences between the two groups of students (refer to Table 3).

Table 3 Independent T-tests

Insurance

Variable

Yes

No

t

Df

Sig.

ACC

3.37

3.07

6.66

98.9

*0.000

(.859)

(1.51)

EXP

2.83

1.54

6.91

177.4

*0.000

(1.45)

(1.13)

PRO

3.77

2.13

8.65

142.9

0.054

(1.23)

(1.30)

VIS

4.29

1.26

7.16

118.9

*0.000

(1.30)

(1.68)

CAR

3.34

1.60

10.9

189.9

*0.000

(1.40)

(.816)

LOS

2.82

3.50

-3.026

148.6

0.562

(1.51)

(1.52)

Note . (ACC)=Students have access to health need services; (EXP) =Students are able to afford out of pocket medical expenses; (PRO) =Students are able to provide for their health needs; (VIS) =Students have visited health care provider within one year; (CAR) = Students visit a health care provider for preventative care; (LOS) =Students worry they will lose their insurance in the future if they lose their job. *significant @ p<=.01, two tailed. Standard deviations appear in parentheses below means.