Most SCHIP enrollees lived in families with a working adult (80 percent to 87 percent of enrollees, depending on the study State) who worked full time (63 percent to 74 percent). Although the study States permitted coverage for families with incomes up to as much as 250 percent of the FPL, nearly two-thirds to three-quarters of new enrollees lived in families with incomes equal to or below 150 percent of the FPL. Most new SCHIP enrollees were white (55 percent to 78 percent), but a significant proportion of SCHIP enrollees were black or Hispanic. Compared with white enrollees, minority children enrolled in SCHIP had lower incomes and poorer health status. They also.
