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Table 192A_b
Children whose parents report that their child's providers always listened carefully to them, 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   74.8 0.8 75.6 0.9 75.8 1.1 76.5 2.1 71.5 1.5
Age 0-5 76.0 1.2 77.3 1.4 78.3 1.6 76.0 2.9 70.7 2.0
6-17 74.2 1.0 74.6 1.1 74.4 1.4 76.8 2.3 72.1 1.9
Gender Male 74.5 0.9 75.0 1.1 75.6 1.3 74.5 2.4 72.1 1.9
Female 75.2 1.1 76.1 1.2 76.0 1.4 78.5 2.6 70.9 2.0
Family incomea Negative/poor 70.2 1.8 70.7 2.2 71.6 3.5 71.2 3.2 68.8 2.6
Near poor/low 72.0 1.7 73.1 2.2 71.2 2.9 80.0 2.9 69.4 2.8
Middle 75.1 1.5 75.0 1.7 74.7 1.9 74.7 4.4 75.3 3.3
High 78.9 1.4 79.4 1.4 79.7 1.6 * * 74.4 4.6
Health insurance Any private 76.5 1.0 76.6 1.1 76.7 1.2 79.5 3.0 75.7 2.4
Public only 71.2 1.4 72.0 1.8 70.5 2.6 74.8 2.8 69.7 1.9
Uninsured 72.8 3.8 77.1 4.7 80.1 4.6 * * 60.2 5.0
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 75.1 1.1 76.5 1.3 77.3 1.6 76.2 2.5 69.6 2.0
Metropolitan-small 74.0 1.7 73.8 1.9 73.8 2.2 80.1 3.7 75.2 3.1
Micropolitan 77.7 2.1 77.3 2.3 76.4 2.6 79.2 4.6 81.1 3.7
Noncore 72.6 3.2 72.8 3.2 73.5 3.5 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 69.8 1.5 69.3 1.8 69.9 2.1 68.6 4.1 72.8 3.0
No 76.5 0.9 77.6 0.9 77.9 1.1 79.3 1.9 71.3 1.7
Language spoken most often at home English 75.5 0.9 75.6 0.9 75.7 1.1 76.2 2.1 74.8 2.2
Other 70.1 1.9 75.0 3.9 * * * * 68.3 2.1

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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