Children whose parents reported that their child's providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand, by race, United States, 2003 |
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Total | White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | Multiple races | |||||||||
Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 5.2 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Age | 0-5 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
6-17 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 5.0 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Female | 5.3 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 1.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 8.9 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 1.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 7.8 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 8.9 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 4.2 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 0.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 2.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 3.8 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 7.3 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Public only | 8.6 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 5.9 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 5.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 1.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Metropolitan-small | 5.6 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 0.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 4.3 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 4.8 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 5.8 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 5.0 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 4.7 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Other | 8.4 | 1.1 | 8.4 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 5.0 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 9.4 | 2.3 | 8.1 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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.