Disparities in Health Insurance Among Middle Eastern and North African American Children in the US.

Objective: To estimate and compare the proportion of foreign-born Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) children without health insurance, public, or private insurance to foreign- and US-born White and US-born MENA children.

Methods: Using 2000 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey data (N = 311 961 children) and 2015 to 2019 American Community Survey data (n = 1 892 255 children), we ran multivariable logistic regression to test the association between region of birth among non-Hispanic White children (independent variable) and health insurance coverage types (dependent variables).

Results: In the NHIS and ACS, foreign-born MENA children had higher odds of being uninsured (NHIS OR = 1.