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Table 82a
Children age 2-17 with advice about physical activity, by race, United States, 2003
        Single race    
    Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN Multiple races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 31.0 1.0 32.0 1.1 29.3 2.0 22.7 3.1 * * * * 26.3 3.7
Age 2-5 24.2 1.4 24.6 1.7 23.1 2.8 * * * * * * * *
6-17 33.2 1.0 34.4 1.2 31.3 2.3 21.9 3.5 * * * * 28.9 4.2
Gender Male 30.0 1.1 30.7 1.3 30.8 2.6 20.3 3.9 * * * * 20.8 4.6
Female 32.1 1.2 33.3 1.3 27.6 2.2 25.6 4.9 * * * * 30.7 4.7
Family incomea Negative/poor 31.1 1.6 30.2 1.9 34.7 3.2 * * * * * * * *
Near poor/low 25.6 1.5 25.3 1.7 28.6 3.9 * * * * * * * *
Middle 29.2 1.6 30.6 1.8 25.0 3.0 * * * * * * * *
High 37.3 1.8 38.9 2.0 26.9 6.2 33.0 5.6 * * * * * *
Health insurance Any private 32.1 1.2 33.1 1.4 27.7 3.0 27.2 3.6 * * * * 25.3 4.4
Public only 30.5 1.3 31.0 1.5 32.6 2.4 * * * * * * * *
Uninsured 23.2 2.4 24.8 2.8 * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 33.8 1.3 35.0 1.5 33.5 2.8 25.2 3.4 * * * * * *
Metropolitan-small 28.9 2.0 30.4 2.4 21.1 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Micropolitan 23.0 2.1 23.1 2.5 21.5 5.0 * * * * * * * *
Noncore 27.4 3.9 28.6 4.2 * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 38.8 1.6 39.4 1.9 39.7 3.5 * * * * * * * *
No 29.0 1.0 30.1 1.2 26.1 2.4 23.2 3.3 * * * * 24.7 4.1
Preferred language English 31.4 1.1 32.2 1.3 29.4 2.0 27.0 4.3 * * * * 24.5 3.8
Other 29.1 1.7 30.8 1.8 * * 19.1 4.0 * * * * * *
Born in U.S. Yes 31.5 1.0 32.4 1.1 29.4 2.1 24.4 3.6 * * * * 25.0 3.7
No 22.6 2.5 23.6 2.8 * * * * * * * * * *

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 See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.

* 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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