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Table 92b
Children 40-80 lbs with advice to parent or guardian about using child booster seats, by ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   39.5 1.7 38.2 1.9 38.7 2.2 37.3 3.4 44.5 2.4
Age 0-5 51.0 2.9 49.4 3.5 49.3 4.4 53.1 6.4 56.1 4.0
6-17 36.1 1.7 35.1 1.9 35.7 2.3 32.0 3.2 40.2 2.7
Gender Male 41.4 2.0 39.8 2.3 39.4 2.7 44.2 4.9 47.7 3.2
Female 37.6 2.1 36.6 2.3 38.0 2.9 29.8 3.8 41.3 3.1
Family incomea Negative/poor 37.2 2.6 35.9 3.2 36.5 5.0 39.2 3.8 39.7 3.8
Near poor/low 36.6 2.3 34.4 2.8 31.2 3.6 41.7 6.2 41.6 3.6
Middle 38.4 2.7 37.2 2.9 38.7 3.5 * * 45.0 5.2
High 44.8 3.9 42.9 3.8 43.2 4.1 * * * *
Health insurance Any private 41.9 2.3 40.7 2.4 41.6 2.7 37.1 6.3 50.8 4.6
Public only 36.0 1.9 31.5 2.2 27.0 2.8 37.9 3.5 45.1 3.0
Uninsured 30.2 4.7 * * * * * * 22.7 4.7
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 45.4 2.4 45.5 2.8 47.3 3.5 41.7 4.7 45.2 3.0
Metropolitan-small 35.5 2.5 33.3 2.7 33.9 3.4 32.3 5.6 46.5 4.6
Micropolitan 25.9 4.6 25.5 4.5 26.1 5.0 * * * *
Noncore 27.7 4.5 26.2 4.8 * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 39.1 3.3 37.3 3.4 38.6 4.0 38.3 6.3 48.5 5.8
No 39.7 1.9 38.5 2.2 38.8 2.6 37.1 4.0 44.1 2.6
Language spoken most often at home English 39.4 1.9 38.5 1.9 38.9 2.3 37.3 3.5 47.5 3.9
Other 40.0 2.6 33.1 5.5 * * * * 42.2 2.9

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: 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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