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Table 192B_b
Children whose parents report that their child's providers usually 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   19.9 0.8 19.7 0.9 20.1 1.1 17.0 2.0 20.8 1.4
Age 0-5 19.0 1.1 18.5 1.3 18.2 1.6 17.7 2.7 20.6 1.7
6-17 20.4 1.0 20.3 1.1 21.1 1.4 16.6 2.0 20.9 1.7
Gender Male 19.7 0.9 19.8 1.1 19.9 1.3 18.4 2.4 19.5 1.7
Female 20.0 1.1 19.6 1.2 20.3 1.4 15.6 2.2 22.2 1.8
Family incomea Negative/poor 21.4 1.6 20.8 1.9 20.3 2.7 19.6 3.0 22.7 2.3
Near poor/low 20.3 1.6 20.3 2.0 22.3 2.8 15.5 2.8 20.6 2.2
Middle 20.1 1.4 20.4 1.6 21.4 1.8 18.5 3.6 18.4 2.9
High 18.5 1.4 18.2 1.4 18.0 1.6 * * 21.7 4.3
Health insurance Any private 20.0 1.0 20.0 1.1 20.4 1.3 14.1 2.3 20.2 2.3
Public only 20.1 1.2 19.9 1.5 20.8 2.0 18.7 2.5 20.4 1.6
Uninsured 17.3 3.4 * * * * * * 26.6 4.2
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 19.2 1.0 18.4 1.2 19.0 1.6 15.9 2.3 22.4 1.7
Metropolitan-small 22.0 1.7 22.7 2.0 22.5 2.4 17.2 3.9 18.0 2.9
Micropolitan 16.7 2.2 17.2 2.4 18.1 2.8 * * 12.3 3.7
Noncore 21.3 2.9 21.5 3.0 20.4 3.2 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 23.4 1.5 24.2 1.7 25.8 2.0 17.8 3.4 18.5 2.4
No 18.7 0.8 18.2 1.0 18.1 1.2 16.6 1.8 21.3 1.5
Language spoken most often at home English 19.6 0.9 19.7 1.0 20.2 1.1 17.2 2.0 18.2 2.0
Other 22.1 1.6 18.9 3.4 * * * * 23.3 1.8

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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