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Table 94c
Children ages 2-17 with advice about using helmets, by family income,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Negative/poor  Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   37.8 1.2 34.5 2.0 34.2 1.7 35.2 1.9 45.7 2.1
Age 2-5 37.0 1.7 33.6 2.3 35.8 2.8 31.6 2.6 47.2 3.9
6-17 38.1 1.3 34.9 2.3 33.6 1.7 36.3 2.2 45.2 2.1
Gender Male 38.8 1.3 37.0 2.4 35.4 2.2 35.0 2.0 46.9 2.5
Female 36.8 1.4 31.8 2.4 32.9 2.0 35.4 2.5 44.4 2.5
Race White, single race 38.0 1.4 35.0 2.5 31.6 1.9 35.8 2.2 45.9 2.4
Black, single race 37.8 2.2 38.0 3.2 41.0 3.7 31.4 4.7 45.3 5.8
Asian, single race 39.3 4.8 * * * * * * 43.3 8.1
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 33.2 4.9 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 38.4 1.3 35.2 2.3 35.1 2.1 34.9 2.1 45.7 2.2
Non-Hispanic, White 38.8 1.6 36.5 3.5 31.6 2.7 35.4 2.4 45.8 2.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 37.4 2.2 37.4 3.2 40.5 3.8 31.0 4.8 45.3 5.8
Hispanic, all races 35.3 1.9 32.9 2.7 32.0 2.5 37.0 3.8 45.3 6.1
Health insurance Any private 41.3 1.4 37.7 5.5 37.8 2.6 37.9 2.2 46.3 2.2
Public only 32.5 1.6 34.7 2.1 32.2 2.3 26.8 3.7 * *
Uninsured 26.7 3.0 25.2 4.6 27.4 4.3 22.3 4.3 * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 43.7 1.5 38.9 2.7 39.5 2.2 42.1 2.6 50.5 2.5
Metropolitan-small 34.2 2.2 35.7 3.4 32.7 3.6 31.6 3.8 37.4 3.6
Micropolitan 26.3 3.3 22.4 3.4 25.5 4.7 22.8 4.6 * *
Noncore 21.0 3.9 17.7 5.0 19.0 4.6 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 41.6 1.7 39.2 3.4 42.0 3.0 39.0 2.9 46.4 3.8
No 36.9 1.3 33.1 2.1 32.5 1.8 34.3 2.1 45.5 2.3
Language spoken most often at home English 38.3 1.3 34.3 2.2 34.6 1.9 35.4 2.1 45.7 2.2
Other 34.9 1.9 35.2 3.3 32.8 2.8 33.4 3.7 45.3 7.7

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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