Children whose parents rate their child's health care in the past year 9-10 on a scale from 0 to 10, 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 | 64.9 | 0.8 | 64.8 | 0.9 | 66.2 | 1.0 | 64.9 | 1.8 | 64.9 | 1.5 | |
| Age | 0-5 | 66.3 | 1.3 | 66.1 | 1.5 | 67.5 | 1.8 | 66.7 | 3.0 | 67.4 | 2.2 |
| 6-17 | 64.0 | 0.9 | 64.2 | 1.0 | 65.5 | 1.2 | 63.7 | 2.0 | 63.2 | 1.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 63.9 | 1.0 | 64.3 | 1.2 | 65.6 | 1.3 | 64.4 | 2.4 | 61.5 | 2.0 |
| Female | 65.9 | 1.0 | 65.4 | 1.1 | 66.8 | 1.3 | 65.3 | 2.2 | 68.4 | 1.9 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 61.3 | 1.9 | 58.1 | 2.4 | 59.8 | 3.1 | 57.7 | 3.8 | 68.9 | 2.8 |
| Near poor/low | 62.7 | 1.6 | 62.6 | 2.0 | 62.9 | 2.7 | 65.7 | 3.1 | 62.9 | 2.4 | |
| Middle | 64.9 | 1.3 | 65.5 | 1.5 | 66.6 | 1.6 | 67.7 | 3.5 | 61.3 | 3.3 | |
| High | 68.0 | 1.7 | 67.9 | 1.7 | 68.6 | 1.9 | 72.4 | 4.9 | 69.8 | 4.9 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 66.0 | 0.9 | 66.5 | 1.0 | 67.3 | 1.1 | 68.5 | 2.3 | 61.3 | 2.5 |
| Public only | 61.7 | 1.8 | 59.1 | 2.3 | 60.6 | 3.3 | 61.3 | 2.8 | 67.9 | 1.8 | |
| Uninsured | 64.7 | 3.0 | 63.4 | 3.9 | 66.1 | 4.3 | * | * | 68.3 | 4.2 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 64.7 | 1.1 | 64.9 | 1.3 | 66.8 | 1.6 | 64.9 | 2.2 | 63.6 | 1.9 |
| Metropolitan-small | 64.3 | 1.7 | 64.2 | 1.8 | 65.7 | 1.8 | 64.1 | 4.3 | 64.4 | 2.4 | |
| Micropolitan | 69.2 | 1.9 | 68.4 | 2.1 | 67.4 | 2.3 | 74.6 | 5.6 | 77.4 | 3.3 | |
| Noncore | 61.9 | 4.1 | 60.6 | 4.3 | 62.0 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 60.3 | 1.6 | 60.6 | 1.7 | 62.0 | 1.9 | 60.8 | 4.1 | 57.7 | 3.7 |
| No | 66.3 | 0.9 | 66.2 | 1.0 | 67.6 | 1.2 | 66.2 | 1.9 | 66.8 | 1.6 | |
| Preferred language | English | 65.1 | 0.9 | 65.1 | 0.9 | 66.3 | 1.0 | 65.0 | 1.9 | 64.8 | 2.1 |
| Other | 62.6 | 2.1 | 55.8 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | 65.2 | 2.1 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 64.9 | 0.8 | 64.8 | 0.9 | 66.0 | 1.0 | 64.9 | 1.8 | 65.5 | 1.5 |
| No | 65.0 | 3.7 | 69.4 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | 58.3 | 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.