Children whose parents report that their child's providers always explained things in a way they could understand, 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 | 75.6 | 0.8 | 76.5 | 0.8 | 77.1 | 0.9 | 78.7 | 2.0 | 70.7 | 1.7 | |
| Age | 0-5 | 76.0 | 1.2 | 76.9 | 1.4 | 78.2 | 1.4 | 78.3 | 3.1 | 71.5 | 2.5 |
| 6-17 | 75.4 | 0.8 | 76.2 | 1.0 | 76.5 | 1.1 | 79.0 | 1.9 | 70.2 | 2.0 | |
| Gender | Male | 75.1 | 1.0 | 76.4 | 1.1 | 76.6 | 1.1 | 79.2 | 2.4 | 68.3 | 2.2 |
| Female | 76.1 | 0.9 | 76.6 | 1.0 | 77.7 | 1.1 | 78.3 | 2.1 | 73.1 | 1.9 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 70.2 | 1.8 | 71.4 | 2.4 | 71.5 | 3.1 | 72.0 | 3.7 | 67.1 | 3.3 |
| Near poor/low | 73.4 | 1.5 | 73.3 | 1.9 | 72.2 | 2.5 | 80.5 | 2.4 | 73.8 | 2.4 | |
| Middle | 75.4 | 1.2 | 76.5 | 1.3 | 76.7 | 1.5 | 82.0 | 3.2 | 68.1 | 2.7 | |
| High | 79.9 | 1.3 | 80.0 | 1.3 | 80.9 | 1.5 | 82.8 | 4.5 | 77.4 | 4.3 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 77.1 | 0.9 | 77.8 | 0.9 | 77.8 | 1.0 | 83.0 | 2.0 | 71.5 | 2.3 |
| Public only | 72.0 | 1.4 | 72.4 | 1.9 | 73.9 | 2.4 | 74.0 | 3.1 | 71.2 | 2.3 | |
| Uninsured | 71.5 | 2.7 | 74.1 | 3.4 | 75.2 | 4.1 | * | * | 64.1 | 4.3 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 75.2 | 1.1 | 77.0 | 1.3 | 78.9 | 1.4 | 76.9 | 2.3 | 67.9 | 1.9 |
| Metropolitan-small | 75.8 | 1.5 | 75.7 | 1.5 | 75.1 | 1.7 | 83.9 | 3.0 | 75.9 | 4.4 | |
| Micropolitan | 79.4 | 2.4 | 78.8 | 2.5 | 78.3 | 2.7 | 86.4 | 4.1 | 84.5 | 5.4 | |
| Noncore | 71.1 | 3.1 | 70.9 | 3.3 | 72.1 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 75.2 | 1.3 | 75.9 | 1.5 | 75.8 | 1.8 | 81.5 | 2.9 | 70.4 | 3.3 |
| No | 75.8 | 0.9 | 76.8 | 1.0 | 77.7 | 1.0 | 77.8 | 2.3 | 71.0 | 1.7 | |
| Preferred language | English | 76.3 | 0.8 | 76.7 | 0.8 | 77.0 | 0.9 | 78.8 | 2.0 | 73.6 | 2.0 |
| Other | 67.4 | 2.4 | 71.7 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | 65.7 | 2.4 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 75.9 | 0.8 | 76.6 | 0.8 | 77.2 | 0.9 | 78.6 | 2.0 | 71.5 | 1.7 |
| No | 67.5 | 3.9 | 71.6 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | 61.3 | 5.1 | |
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.