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Table 90a
Children ages 0-17 with advice to parent or guardian about smoking in the house, by race, United States, 2004
Population group Total Single race Multiple races
White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   46.0 1.0 44.8 1.2 51.7 2.3 43.0 4.0 * * * * 49.7 5.6
Age 0-5 52.2 1.3 50.2 1.6 61.7 3.5 51.5 6.2 * * * * * *
6-17 43.0 1.2 42.2 1.5 47.5 2.5 37.6 5.0 * * * * 45.8 6.3
Gender Male 46.4 1.2 45.9 1.4 50.3 2.9 41.3 4.8 * * * * 42.8 5.9
Female 45.6 1.2 43.7 1.4 53.0 2.5 45.1 5.5 * * * * 55.4 7.1
Family incomea Negative/poor 56.4 1.7 54.5 2.2 61.0 2.8 * * * * * * 58.8 7.0
Near poor/low 49.3 1.7 48.0 2.1 51.5 3.6 * * * * * * * *
Middle 45.2 1.6 45.3 1.9 44.7 5.0 * * * * * * * *
High 37.5 2.0 37.3 2.3 42.6 7.5 43.8 6.9 * * * * * *
Health insurance Any private 41.9 1.3 41.5 1.5 44.5 3.8 43.2 4.8 * * * * 42.4 7.4
Public only 57.0 1.5 55.5 1.8 61.6 2.6 * * * * * * 60.7 6.4
Uninsured 37.8 2.8 38.9 3.1 * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 47.4 1.3 46.3 1.4 52.8 3.1 44.6 4.5 * * * * 48.3 9.7
Metropolitan-small 46.2 2.1 45.2 2.5 52.4 4.9 * * * * * * * *
Micropolitan 42.8 2.6 41.4 2.8 49.1 7.4 * * * * * * * *
Noncore 38.2 3.6 36.8 3.9 38.3 4.9 * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 50.3 1.8 47.6 2.2 61.7 3.4 * * * * * * * *
No 45.0 1.1 44.2 1.2 49.1 2.6 42.0 4.2 * * * * 49.8 6.2
Language spoken most often at home English 45.3 1.1 43.6 1.3 51.5 2.4 44.4 5.8 * * * * 50.3 5.7
Other 50.1 1.9 51.5 2.1 * * 41.8 5.2 * * * * * *

a Negative/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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* 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.

 
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