Skip Navigation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research Quality www.ahrq.gov
AHRQ Home | Questions? | Contact Us | Site Map | What's New | Browse | Información en español | E-mail UpdatesE-mail Updates
www.ahrq.gov

Table 91a
Children under 40 lbs with advice to parent or guardian about using child car safety seats, 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   61.0 1.6 60.2 1.7 65.0 3.5 63.8 7.2 * * * * * *
Age 0-5 61.5 1.6 60.6 1.7 65.9 3.5 64.9 7.2 * * * * * *
6-17 47.9 5.4 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 60.8 2.0 60.8 2.2 57.8 5.3 * * * * * * * *
Female 61.1 2.0 59.6 2.1 71.1 3.6 * * * * * * * *
Family incomea Negative/poor 60.5 2.4 60.1 2.9 64.7 4.5 * * * * * * * *
Near poor/low 56.8 3.0 55.8 3.5 65.4 5.8 * * * * * * * *
Middle 61.8 2.7 60.9 3.1 * * * * * * * * * *
High 64.0 3.1 62.9 3.5 * * * * * * * * * *
Health insurance Any private 61.7 2.1 61.2 2.2 65.8 5.8 * * * * * * * *
Public only 60.8 2.2 59.2 2.8 65.8 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Uninsured 54.8 4.9 54.5 6.0 * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 63.4 2.0 62.7 2.2 67.9 4.6 * * * * * * * *
Metropolitan-small 59.9 3.6 59.1 4.0 62.4 5.6 * * * * * * * *
Micropolitan 54.8 3.6 54.2 4.1 * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore 52.5 6.1 53.5 6.4 * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 69.6 3.5 68.3 4.4 * * * * * * * * * *
No 60.0 1.6 59.4 1.7 63.1 3.7 63.3 7.4 * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 60.7 1.7 59.7 2.0 64.5 3.7 * * * * * * * *
Other 62.5 2.7 62.4 3.2 * * * * * * * * * *

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.

 
AHRQ Advancing Excellence in Health Care