Table 83b
Children over 80 lbs who ever received advice about using lap and shoulder belts, by ethnicity, United States, 2002
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic (all races)
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   32.3 1.1 31.8 1.2 32.1 1.4 31.5 2.3 35.0 2.1
Age 0 - 5 * * * * * * * * * *
6 - 17 32.3 1.1 31.8 1.2 32.1 1.4 31.5 2.3 34.7 2.0
Gender Male 31.7 1.2 31.0 1.3 31.2 1.6 30.4 2.8 35.1 2.4
Female 33.0 1.4 32.5 1.6 33.0 1.9 32.6 3.1 34.9 2.6
Family incomea Negative or poor 29.8 2.4 27.2 2.7 22.2 3.7 30.3 4.0 36.8 4.1
Near poor/low 30.3 2.1 27.4 2.5 26.2 3.3 30.2 4.1 38.0 3.0
Middle 32.0 1.7 32.3 1.9 31.8 2.2 34.4 4.6 30.3 3.2
High 35.3 2.5 35.2 2.5 36.7 2.8 * * 35.9 6.7
Health insurance Any private 33.1 1.3 33.1 1.5 32.9 1.7 34.2 3.3 32.7 3.0
Public only 32.2 1.9 28.2 2.2 27.2 3.3 30.0 3.3 43.5 3.4
Uninsured 26.6 3.3 27.6 4.3 32.4 5.2 * * 25.2 4.3
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 35.3 1.4 35.9 1.6 37.9 2.1 33.4 2.6 33.1 2.4
Metropolitan-small 30.5 2.3 29.0 2.4 29.2 2.5 30.9 6.7 42.0 5.7
Micropolitan 26.0 2.8 24.4 2.8 24.5 3.1 * * 45.3 10.6
Noncore 23.3 4.0 24.3 4.1 22.1 4.0 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 34.8 1.9 33.4 2.1 32.8 2.3 38.2 4.6 44.6 4.1
No 31.6 1.1 31.3 1.3 32.0 1.6 29.6 2.4 33.0 2.1
Preferred language English 32.4 1.1 31.9 1.2 32.2 1.4 31.7 2.4 36.3 2.7
Other 31.6 2.7 * * * * * * 33.0 3.0
Born in U.S. Yes 32.4 1.1 32.0 1.2 32.2 1.4 31.8 2.4 35.2 2.3
No 31.2 3.5 27.6 5.1 * * * * 34.4 4.5

a Negative or 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.

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