Children age 2-17 who ever received advice about physical activity, 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 | 31.9 | 0.8 | 31.9 | 0.9 | 32.4 | 1.1 | 32.4 | 1.8 | 31.8 | 1.5 | |
| Age | 2 - 5 | 25.1 | 1.2 | 24.4 | 1.4 | 23.8 | 1.6 | 28.0 | 2.8 | 27.8 | 2.2 |
| 6 - 17 | 34.0 | 1.0 | 34.2 | 1.1 | 35.0 | 1.3 | 33.9 | 2.2 | 33.2 | 1.6 | |
| Gender | Male | 31.2 | 1.0 | 31.2 | 1.1 | 32.1 | 1.3 | 29.3 | 2.2 | 31.5 | 1.7 |
| Female | 32.5 | 1.0 | 32.6 | 1.1 | 32.7 | 1.3 | 35.6 | 2.1 | 32.1 | 1.8 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 29.8 | 1.5 | 29.0 | 2.0 | 25.1 | 2.4 | 32.7 | 3.4 | 31.7 | 2.1 |
| Near poor/low | 28.2 | 1.4 | 26.5 | 1.8 | 25.6 | 2.4 | 31.5 | 3.2 | 32.4 | 2.1 | |
| Middle | 29.7 | 1.3 | 29.4 | 1.5 | 29.7 | 1.7 | 27.8 | 2.6 | 31.9 | 2.9 | |
| High | 38.6 | 1.6 | 39.2 | 1.7 | 40.2 | 1.9 | 42.4 | 4.7 | 30.0 | 4.3 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 33.5 | 1.1 | 33.5 | 1.2 | 33.8 | 1.4 | 35.2 | 2.4 | 33.5 | 2.3 |
| Public only | 29.7 | 1.3 | 28.2 | 1.6 | 27.7 | 2.2 | 30.5 | 2.5 | 33.6 | 1.8 | |
| Uninsured | 24.4 | 2.4 | 25.3 | 3.2 | 26.7 | 3.9 | * | * | 22.9 | 3.2 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 35.6 | 1.1 | 36.9 | 1.3 | 38.6 | 1.7 | 35.9 | 2.5 | 31.3 | 1.7 |
| Metropolitan-small | 29.4 | 1.6 | 28.6 | 1.6 | 30.3 | 2.0 | 24.8 | 2.1 | 35.1 | 3.8 | |
| Micropolitan | 22.4 | 2.6 | 21.6 | 2.7 | 19.8 | 2.8 | 23.8 | 5.2 | 30.3 | 6.0 | |
| Noncore | 23.5 | 3.1 | 23.7 | 3.2 | 23.1 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 41.3 | 1.6 | 40.7 | 1.7 | 42.0 | 2.0 | 41.0 | 3.2 | 45.5 | 3.2 |
| No | 29.4 | 0.9 | 29.4 | 1.0 | 29.5 | 1.3 | 30.2 | 2.0 | 29.4 | 1.5 | |
| Preferred language | English | 32.5 | 0.9 | 32.2 | 0.9 | 32.5 | 1.1 | 32.5 | 1.8 | 35.1 | 2.0 |
| Other | 26.1 | 1.9 | 22.9 | 4.7 | 28.9 | 7.9 | * | * | 27.2 | 1.9 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 31.9 | 0.9 | 31.9 | 0.9 | 32.2 | 1.1 | 32.5 | 1.8 | 32.2 | 1.6 |
| No | 30.3 | 3.0 | 31.1 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | 29.5 | 3.9 | |
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.