Children whose health providers always listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what their parents had to say, and spent enough time with thema, 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 | 72.6 | 0.7 | 73.3 | 0.8 | 74.0 | 0.8 | 75.4 | 1.9 | 68.4 | 1.6 | |
| Age | 0-5 | 72.6 | 1.0 | 73.3 | 1.2 | 74.5 | 1.2 | 74.2 | 2.7 | 69.4 | 2.3 |
| 6-17 | 72.5 | 0.8 | 73.4 | 0.9 | 73.7 | 1.0 | 76.2 | 1.8 | 67.8 | 1.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 72.2 | 0.9 | 73.3 | 1.0 | 73.9 | 1.1 | 75.7 | 2.1 | 66.0 | 2.0 |
| Female | 72.9 | 0.8 | 73.3 | 0.9 | 74.1 | 1.0 | 75.2 | 2.1 | 70.9 | 1.8 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 68.1 | 1.7 | 69.5 | 2.2 | 69.9 | 2.9 | 70.3 | 3.7 | 64.6 | 2.8 |
| Near poor/low | 71.1 | 1.4 | 70.9 | 1.7 | 70.8 | 2.2 | 76.8 | 2.5 | 71.7 | 2.3 | |
| Middle | 71.7 | 1.1 | 72.7 | 1.2 | 73.0 | 1.3 | 76.8 | 3.0 | 64.8 | 2.6 | |
| High | 76.8 | 1.2 | 76.7 | 1.2 | 77.2 | 1.3 | 80.5 | 3.7 | 77.5 | 4.1 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 73.8 | 0.8 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 80.0 | 1.9 | 69.0 | 2.2 |
| Public only | 69.7 | 1.4 | 69.9 | 1.9 | 72.1 | 2.5 | 70.2 | 2.8 | 69.1 | 2.2 | |
| Uninsured | 69.6 | 2.6 | 72.3 | 3.3 | 73.4 | 3.9 | * | * | 62.0 | 4.0 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 72.3 | 0.9 | 73.8 | 1.1 | 75.4 | 1.2 | 74.0 | 2.2 | 66.2 | 1.8 |
| Metropolitan-small | 72.1 | 1.4 | 72.2 | 1.5 | 72.0 | 1.6 | 78.6 | 2.6 | 71.2 | 4.2 | |
| Micropolitan | 76.1 | 2.1 | 75.4 | 2.2 | 74.7 | 2.3 | 85.6 | 4.0 | 82.5 | 5.5 | |
| Noncore | 71.4 | 3.0 | 71.1 | 3.0 | 72.0 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 71.5 | 1.3 | 72.1 | 1.4 | 72.2 | 1.6 | 76.1 | 2.5 | 67.9 | 2.9 |
| No | 73.0 | 0.8 | 73.8 | 0.9 | 74.7 | 0.9 | 75.2 | 2.3 | 68.8 | 1.6 | |
| Preferred language | English | 73.2 | 0.7 | 73.5 | 0.8 | 73.9 | 0.9 | 75.6 | 1.9 | 71.2 | 1.9 |
| Other | 65.2 | 2.2 | 69.7 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | 63.5 | 2.3 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 72.7 | 0.7 | 73.3 | 0.8 | 74.0 | 0.8 | 75.2 | 1.9 | 69.2 | 1.6 |
| No | 69.3 | 3.1 | 75.9 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | 59.1 | 4.6 | |
a For the percent estimates, the weights are adjusted for non-response based on how many of the 4 questions had a response.
b 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.
c 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.