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Table 83a
Children age 2-17 with advice about eating healthy, 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 51.6 1.0 52.2 1.2 50.4 2.1 41.6 4.1 * * * * 55.7 4.6
Age 2-5 59.1 1.6 59.5 1.8 59.0 3.0 * * * * * * * *
6-17 49.2 1.1 49.9 1.3 47.6 2.4 37.8 4.3 * * * * 52.9 4.8
Gender Male 49.3 1.2 49.4 1.4 51.6 2.5 37.7 4.8 * * * * 51.0 5.8
Female 54.0 1.2 55.1 1.4 49.1 2.7 46.5 5.4 * * * * 59.5 6.3
Family incomea Negative/poor 49.6 1.6 49.0 2.1 52.1 2.8 * * * * * * * *
Near poor/low 45.2 1.8 44.3 2.0 51.0 4.2 * * * * * * * *
Middle 50.0 1.8 50.6 2.0 47.0 4.0 * * * * * * * *
High 59.4 1.8 60.8 2.0 52.5 5.4 50.2 6.5 * * * * * *
Health insurance Any private 53.0 1.3 54.1 1.5 46.9 3.2 46.3 4.7 * * * * 59.2 6.1
Public only 50.9 1.4 50.2 1.6 55.6 2.3 * * * * * * * *
Uninsured 39.9 3.0 40.6 3.3 * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 54.7 1.3 55.2 1.4 56.5 2.8 44.4 4.4 * * * * * *
Metropolitan-small 49.7 2.1 50.7 2.6 40.5 3.4 * * * * * * * *
Micropolitan 42.2 3.3 43.4 3.7 34.9 6.0 * * * * * * * *
Noncore 45.2 5.4 48.1 5.6 * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 58.8 1.8 58.5 2.0 61.2 3.9 * * * * * * * *
No 49.6 1.2 50.5 1.3 47.1 2.5 41.4 4.4 * * * * 51.9 5.2
Preferred language English 52.2 1.2 52.6 1.4 50.7 2.2 49.8 6.0 * * * * 54.6 4.8
Other 47.8 2.0 49.8 2.0 * * 34.8 4.9 * * * * * *
Born in U.S. Yes 52.3 1.1 53.0 1.2 50.9 2.1 43.4 4.7 * * * * 54.6 4.7
No 36.9 3.0 35.1 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: 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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