Children whose parents rated their child's health care in the past year 7 to 8 on a scale from 0 to 10, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||||
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Total | All races | White | Black | ||||||||
Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 27.1 | 0.8 | 27.2 | 0.9 | 27.5 | 1.1 | 24.0 | 1.9 | 26.6 | 1.5 | |
Age | 0-5 | 26.1 | 1.3 | 25.8 | 1.6 | 25.6 | 1.8 | 22.7 | 2.9 | 26.9 | 2.1 |
6-17 | 27.7 | 1.0 | 27.9 | 1.1 | 28.4 | 1.3 | 24.7 | 2.3 | 26.3 | 1.9 | |
Gender | Male | 27.2 | 1.1 | 27.3 | 1.3 | 27.0 | 1.5 | 28.1 | 2.7 | 26.6 | 1.9 |
Female | 27.0 | 1.0 | 27.1 | 1.2 | 27.9 | 1.5 | 19.8 | 2.2 | 26.5 | 1.9 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 27.4 | 1.8 | 29.4 | 2.3 | 33.2 | 3.3 | 23.9 | 3.0 | 22.1 | 2.3 |
Near poor/low | 28.6 | 1.7 | 27.7 | 2.1 | 27.7 | 2.9 | 24.1 | 3.7 | 30.9 | 2.6 | |
Middle | 27.5 | 1.5 | 27.2 | 1.7 | 27.8 | 1.9 | 26.3 | 4.0 | 29.4 | 3.2 | |
High | 25.6 | 1.6 | 26.1 | 1.7 | 25.7 | 1.9 | * | * | 18.2 | 4.4 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 27.1 | 1.1 | 27.0 | 1.2 | 26.9 | 1.3 | 25.4 | 3.0 | 27.8 | 2.8 |
Public only | 27.0 | 1.3 | 27.5 | 1.6 | 29.4 | 2.3 | 22.9 | 2.5 | 25.7 | 1.8 | |
Uninsured | 28.3 | 3.6 | 29.4 | 4.6 | 30.5 | 5.3 | * | * | 25.5 | 4.6 | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 27.1 | 1.1 | 26.9 | 1.3 | 27.3 | 1.5 | 23.1 | 2.3 | 27.9 | 2.0 |
Metropolitan-small | 27.0 | 1.7 | 27.8 | 2.0 | 27.8 | 2.4 | 26.1 | 3.5 | 22.3 | 2.5 | |
Micropolitan | 26.7 | 2.3 | 27.7 | 2.6 | 27.4 | 2.8 | 31.8 | 9.0 | 18.8 | 5.0 | |
Noncore | 28.0 | 3.4 | 26.1 | 3.6 | 27.1 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 29.6 | 1.6 | 30.0 | 1.8 | 31.0 | 2.0 | 23.6 | 3.2 | 26.8 | 3.1 |
No | 26.3 | 0.8 | 26.3 | 1.0 | 26.3 | 1.2 | 24.1 | 2.2 | 26.4 | 1.7 | |
Preferred language | English | 26.9 | 0.9 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 27.5 | 1.2 | 23.9 | 1.9 | 25.5 | 2.2 |
Other | 28.9 | 1.8 | 31.8 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | 27.6 | 2.0 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 27.2 | 0.8 | 27.2 | 0.9 | 27.5 | 1.1 | 23.8 | 1.9 | 27.1 | 1.6 |
No | 25.6 | 3.7 | 29.3 | 5.6 | * | * | * | * | 20.6 | 3.6 |
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 See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* 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.