Table 83b
Children age 2-17 with advice about eating healthy, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
| |
|
Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
51.6 |
1.0 |
51.9 |
1.2 |
52.9 |
1.4 |
50.4 |
2.2 |
50.3 |
1.5 |
| Age |
2-5 |
59.1 |
1.6 |
59.2 |
1.9 |
59.6 |
2.3 |
59.4 |
3.1 |
58.9 |
2.2 |
| 6-17 |
49.2 |
1.1 |
49.6 |
1.2 |
50.9 |
1.5 |
47.4 |
2.4 |
47.1 |
1.7 |
| Gender |
Male |
49.3 |
1.2 |
49.5 |
1.4 |
49.8 |
1.7 |
51.8 |
2.6 |
48.1 |
1.9 |
| Female |
54.0 |
1.2 |
54.3 |
1.4 |
56.0 |
1.6 |
48.7 |
2.7 |
52.6 |
2.0 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
49.6 |
1.6 |
49.5 |
2.1 |
47.9 |
3.1 |
52.7 |
3.0 |
49.8 |
2.7 |
| Near poor/low |
45.2 |
1.8 |
44.8 |
2.3 |
43.4 |
2.9 |
50.9 |
4.2 |
46.3 |
2.4 |
| Middle |
50.0 |
1.8 |
49.1 |
2.1 |
49.9 |
2.4 |
46.4 |
4.1 |
54.9 |
2.9 |
| High |
59.4 |
1.8 |
59.8 |
1.8 |
61.5 |
2.0 |
52.3 |
5.4 |
53.7 |
5.3 |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
53.0 |
1.3 |
53.1 |
1.4 |
54.4 |
1.6 |
46.6 |
3.3 |
52.3 |
2.9 |
| Public only |
50.9 |
1.4 |
50.3 |
1.8 |
48.3 |
2.5 |
55.9 |
2.4 |
52.4 |
1.9 |
| Uninsured |
39.9 |
3.0 |
41.1 |
4.6 |
43.5 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
37.9 |
3.0 |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
54.7 |
1.3 |
56.0 |
1.5 |
57.3 |
1.8 |
56.6 |
2.9 |
50.4 |
1.9 |
| Metropolitan-small |
49.7 |
2.1 |
49.4 |
2.3 |
50.8 |
2.9 |
40.0 |
3.5 |
51.4 |
3.5 |
| Micropolitan |
42.2 |
3.3 |
41.3 |
3.5 |
42.3 |
3.9 |
35.1 |
6.1 |
50.1 |
6.8 |
| Noncore |
45.2 |
5.4 |
45.6 |
5.8 |
48.9 |
6.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
58.8 |
1.8 |
57.8 |
1.9 |
57.2 |
2.3 |
61.0 |
4.0 |
64.6 |
2.7 |
| No |
49.6 |
1.2 |
50.1 |
1.4 |
51.6 |
1.6 |
47.2 |
2.6 |
47.6 |
1.6 |
| Preferred language |
English |
52.2 |
1.2 |
52.2 |
1.2 |
52.8 |
1.5 |
50.6 |
2.2 |
52.0 |
2.4 |
| Other |
47.8 |
2.0 |
45.2 |
4.3 |
57.6 |
6.6 |
* |
* |
48.8 |
2.1 |
| Born in U.S. |
Yes |
52.3 |
1.1 |
52.3 |
1.2 |
53.2 |
1.4 |
50.9 |
2.2 |
52.3 |
1.7 |
| No |
36.9 |
3.0 |
36.4 |
4.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
37.3 |
3.2 |
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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