Children whose parents rate their child's health care in the past year 9-10 on a scale from 0 to 10, by family incomea, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 64.9 | 0.8 | 61.3 | 1.9 | 62.7 | 1.6 | 64.9 | 1.3 | 68.0 | 1.7 | |
| Age | 0-5 | 66.3 | 1.3 | 64.5 | 2.5 | 63.7 | 2.4 | 66.9 | 2.2 | 69.1 | 2.8 |
| 6-17 | 64.0 | 0.9 | 58.6 | 2.2 | 62.1 | 2.0 | 63.8 | 1.6 | 67.5 | 1.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 63.9 | 1.0 | 57.9 | 2.7 | 62.8 | 2.0 | 64.5 | 1.5 | 66.9 | 2.2 |
| Female | 65.9 | 1.0 | 64.8 | 2.1 | 62.6 | 2.2 | 65.4 | 1.7 | 69.1 | 2.0 | |
| Race | White, single race | 65.9 | 0.9 | 62.7 | 2.2 | 63.1 | 2.0 | 65.9 | 1.5 | 68.7 | 1.8 |
| Black, single race | 65.1 | 1.8 | 59.2 | 3.7 | 65.3 | 3.0 | 67.4 | 3.5 | 72.3 | 4.8 | |
| Asian, single race | 44.9 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | 55.3 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 64.8 | 0.9 | 58.1 | 2.4 | 62.6 | 2.0 | 65.5 | 1.5 | 67.9 | 1.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 66.2 | 1.0 | 59.8 | 3.1 | 62.9 | 2.7 | 66.6 | 1.6 | 68.6 | 1.9 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 64.9 | 1.8 | 57.7 | 3.8 | 65.7 | 3.1 | 67.7 | 3.5 | 72.4 | 4.9 | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 64.9 | 1.5 | 68.9 | 2.8 | 62.9 | 2.4 | 61.3 | 3.3 | 69.8 | 4.9 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 66.0 | 0.9 | 52.4 | 4.3 | 66.5 | 2.3 | 64.7 | 1.5 | 68.6 | 1.7 |
| Public only | 61.7 | 1.8 | 64.1 | 2.1 | 58.2 | 2.6 | 66.1 | 4.4 | * | * | |
| Uninsured | 64.7 | 3.0 | * | * | 65.4 | 5.1 | 65.9 | 5.3 | * | * | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 64.7 | 1.1 | 61.0 | 2.6 | 63.0 | 2.1 | 63.9 | 2.1 | 67.6 | 2.1 |
| Metropolitan-small | 64.3 | 1.7 | 62.2 | 3.5 | 58.1 | 3.6 | 65.3 | 2.2 | 68.7 | 3.2 | |
| Micropolitan | 69.2 | 1.9 | 62.3 | 4.2 | 69.8 | 4.2 | 70.7 | 3.4 | 72.1 | 5.5 | |
| Noncore | 61.9 | 4.1 | 56.5 | 6.2 | 68.5 | 6.8 | 60.4 | 5.7 | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 60.3 | 1.6 | 53.9 | 3.6 | 57.5 | 2.6 | 60.9 | 2.6 | 64.6 | 3.0 |
| No | 66.3 | 0.9 | 63.5 | 2.0 | 64.3 | 1.9 | 66.2 | 1.5 | 69.1 | 1.9 | |
| Preferred language | English | 65.1 | 0.9 | 59.9 | 2.1 | 62.8 | 1.8 | 65.5 | 1.4 | 68.1 | 1.7 |
| Other | 62.6 | 2.1 | 68.7 | 3.9 | 62.0 | 2.9 | 57.6 | 5.2 | * | * | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 64.9 | 0.8 | 61.2 | 1.9 | 62.7 | 1.6 | 65.0 | 1.4 | 68.0 | 1.7 |
| No | 65.0 | 3.7 | * | * | 63.0 | 6.5 | * | * | * | * | |
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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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.