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Table 85b
Children age 0-17 with advice to parent or guardian about smoking in the house, 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 45.6 1.0 44.3 1.1 43.7 1.4 49.7 2.3 51.2 1.6
Age 0-5 54.4 1.5 52.6 1.8 51.2 2.2 58.6 3.1 60.8 2.4
6-17 41.6 1.1 40.6 1.2 40.4 1.5 45.7 2.6 45.9 1.8
Gender Male 45.2 1.1 43.7 1.3 43.2 1.6 50.1 2.8 51.4 1.9
Female 46.1 1.2 44.9 1.4 44.2 1.7 49.3 2.5 51.1 2.0
Family incomea Negative/poor 57.8 1.7 58.8 2.3 58.8 3.5 60.9 2.7 55.6 2.6
Near poor/low 47.7 1.6 47.1 2.2 47.8 2.9 46.5 3.9 49.1 2.3
Middle 42.7 1.7 40.8 1.9 42.0 2.2 40.0 4.1 53.7 3.3
High 39.9 2.0 39.9 2.1 39.4 2.4 49.2 6.6 40.1 5.2
Health insurance Any private 41.7 1.3 41.0 1.4 41.3 1.6 42.5 3.3 46.7 2.7
Public only 57.2 1.5 57.0 2.0 57.7 2.8 58.9 2.8 57.6 2.2
Uninsured 35.8 3.0 32.2 4.3 35.0 5.3 * * 42.1 3.0
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 45.0 1.2 43.3 1.6 42.3 1.9 51.7 3.0 50.6 2.0
Metropolitan-small 45.5 2.2 44.0 2.2 42.6 2.7 47.3 4.8 54.2 3.9
Micropolitan 47.0 2.7 47.0 2.6 47.3 2.8 43.8 5.4 46.9 8.9
Noncore 50.6 4.7 50.4 5.1 52.3 5.8 * * 51.8 5.6
CSHCN Yes 49.2 1.7 47.6 1.9 45.6 2.3 56.3 3.9 58.4 3.4
No 44.7 1.1 43.4 1.3 43.1 1.5 47.7 2.7 50.0 1.6
Preferred language English 46.0 1.1 45.5 1.2 44.4 1.4 50.4 2.3 51.1 2.4
Other 43.4 1.9 22.9 3.2 * * * * 51.4 1.9
Born in U.S. Yes 46.3 1.0 44.9 1.2 44.1 1.4 50.0 2.3 52.8 1.7
No 32.5 2.6 25.2 3.7 * * * * 39.7 3.5

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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