Children whose parents report that their child's providers sometimes or never 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 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 8.8 | 1.0 | |
| Age | 0-5 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 8.9 | 1.5 |
| 6-17 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 1.1 | |
| Gender | Male | 5.2 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 1.4 |
| Female | 5.6 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 8.7 | 1.1 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 9.8 | 1.1 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 2.1 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 11.6 | 2.0 |
| Near poor/low | 8.6 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 8.9 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 7.7 | 1.3 | |
| Middle | 4.2 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.6 | * | * | 7.0 | 1.5 | |
| High | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 3.9 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 1.4 |
| Public only | 9.2 | 0.8 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 1.3 | |
| Uninsured | 7.3 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | 12.1 | 3.3 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 5.8 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 9.5 | 1.2 |
| Metropolitan-small | 5.1 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 2.1 | |
| Micropolitan | 3.5 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore | 7.2 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 6.5 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 9.6 | 2.5 |
| No | 5.0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 1.0 | |
| Preferred language | English | 4.9 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| Other | 10.2 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 11.0 | 1.8 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 5.1 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 1.0 |
| No | 12.5 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 16.7 | 3.7 | |
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.