Table 194C_b Children whose parents report that their child's providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
4.5 |
0.3 |
4.0 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
4.4 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
0.7 |
Age |
0-5 |
5.2 |
0.6 |
4.4 |
0.8 |
3.5 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
8.2 |
1.2 |
6-17 |
4.1 |
0.4 |
3.8 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
0.5 |
3.6 |
0.9 |
6.0 |
0.9 |
Gender |
Male |
4.7 |
0.4 |
4.2 |
0.5 |
3.8 |
0.6 |
4.9 |
1.2 |
7.2 |
1.1 |
Female |
4.4 |
0.5 |
3.9 |
0.5 |
3.6 |
0.5 |
* |
* |
6.7 |
0.9 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
7.6 |
1.0 |
7.6 |
1.3 |
8.8 |
2.2 |
6.9 |
1.9 |
7.7 |
1.3 |
Near poor/low |
6.5 |
1.0 |
5.5 |
1.2 |
4.5 |
1.2 |
* |
* |
9.3 |
1.6 |
Middle |
4.2 |
0.6 |
4.0 |
0.6 |
3.8 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
1.9 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Any private |
3.0 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
2.5 |
0.4 |
* |
* |
4.8 |
1.0 |
Public only |
7.6 |
0.8 |
7.2 |
1.0 |
8.8 |
1.6 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
8.3 |
1.2 |
Uninsured |
8.0 |
1.8 |
7.2 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
10.6 |
2.9 |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
4.7 |
0.5 |
4.0 |
0.6 |
3.4 |
0.6 |
4.0 |
1.1 |
7.4 |
1.0 |
Metropolitan-small |
3.5 |
0.5 |
3.2 |
0.6 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
5.3 |
1.2 |
Micropolitan |
5.2 |
1.2 |
5.2 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
6.0 |
1.7 |
Noncore |
6.4 |
1.7 |
6.0 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
5.3 |
0.7 |
5.2 |
0.8 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
7.2 |
2.0 |
6.2 |
1.5 |
No |
4.3 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
0.5 |
3.4 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
1.0 |
7.2 |
0.8 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
4.1 |
0.3 |
3.9 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
6.3 |
1.0 |
Other |
7.5 |
1.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
7.7 |
1.1 |
a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.