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Table 82b
Children age 2-17 with advice about physical activity, by ethnicity, United States, 2003
        Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
    Total All races White Black
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 31.0 1.0 30.4 1.1 31.6 1.3 29.0 2.1 33.6 1.6
Age 2-5 24.2 1.4 22.2 1.6 22.4 2.0 22.2 2.8 31.4 2.5
6-17 33.2 1.0 33.0 1.2 34.3 1.4 31.3 2.4 34.5 1.8
Gender Male 30.0 1.1 29.5 1.3 30.3 1.6 30.4 2.7 32.2 1.8
Female 32.1 1.2 31.4 1.3 32.9 1.5 27.5 2.2 35.1 2.1
Family incomea Negative/poor 31.1 1.6 30.1 2.0 27.5 2.5 34.7 3.2 33.1 2.4
Near poor/low 25.6 1.5 23.3 1.9 22.1 2.4 28.0 4.0 31.0 2.2
Middle 29.2 1.6 28.1 1.8 29.6 2.1 24.7 3.0 36.0 3.5
High 37.3 1.8 37.2 1.9 39.0 2.1 27.0 6.3 37.6 5.5
Health insurance Any private 32.1 1.2 31.4 1.2 32.6 1.4 27.3 3.0 36.9 2.9
Public only 30.5 1.3 28.8 1.7 28.0 2.1 32.6 2.5 34.3 1.9
Uninsured 23.2 2.4 23.7 3.5 27.8 4.6 * * 22.3 2.8
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 33.8 1.3 33.9 1.6 35.6 1.9 33.5 2.9 33.7 1.9
Metropolitan-small 28.9 2.0 27.7 2.1 29.4 2.5 20.1 3.3 35.9 4.0
Micropolitan 23.0 2.1 22.3 2.3 22.1 2.7 21.9 5.1 29.4 6.8
Noncore 27.4 3.9 28.0 4.2 29.5 4.6 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 38.8 1.6 37.7 1.7 38.2 2.1 39.3 3.6 45.2 3.9
No 29.0 1.0 28.4 1.2 29.7 1.4 26.0 2.5 31.5 1.8
Preferred language English 31.4 1.1 30.9 1.1 31.8 1.3 29.2 2.1 35.4 2.6
Other 29.1 1.7 21.6 3.5 24.1 5.8 * * 32.0 1.8
Born in U.S. Yes 31.5 1.0 30.8 1.1 31.8 1.3 29.1 2.1 34.9 1.7
No 22.6 2.5 20.0 4.1 * * * * 25.1 3.0

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: 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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