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Table 86b
Children 0-40 lbs with advice to parent or guardian about using child car safety seats, 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 62.6 1.4 62.7 1.7 63.4 2.1 62.1 3.2 62.4 2.2
Age 0-5 63.3 1.4 63.3 1.7 63.7 2.2 63.6 3.2 63.3 2.2
6-17 46.3 6.3 * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 61.4 2.0 60.4 2.3 62.6 2.8 58.0 4.4 65.2 3.3
Female 63.8 1.8 64.9 2.1 64.2 2.8 65.6 3.8 59.7 3.0
Family incomea Negative/poor 65.1 2.5 65.8 3.3 67.4 4.6 67.9 4.0 63.8 3.3
Near poor/low 57.1 2.8 55.2 3.6 51.7 5.0 61.1 6.9 62.1 3.5
Middle 62.9 2.5 63.7 3.0 64.9 3.6 * * 59.2 4.4
High 64.8 2.9 64.5 3.1 66.1 3.5 * * * *
Health insurance Any private 63.7 2.0 64.1 2.1 64.6 2.5 59.7 4.5 60.8 4.5
Public only 61.2 2.0 59.9 2.7 60.3 4.1 63.9 4.0 63.3 2.7
Uninsured 59.6 6.6 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 62.1 1.8 62.4 2.3 62.6 3.2 63.1 3.8 61.1 2.7
Metropolitan-small 63.3 2.5 62.4 2.7 62.8 3.3 61.4 6.1 68.5 4.3
Micropolitan 64.0 4.6 64.6 5.3 66.0 5.8 * * * *
Noncore 61.6 7.3 63.3 7.6 * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 68.0 3.7 66.5 4.2 69.7 5.6 * * * *
No 61.8 1.5 62.0 1.8 62.2 2.2 61.3 3.3 61.0 2.2
Preferred language English 63.4 1.6 63.4 1.7 64.5 2.1 62.0 3.2 62.9 3.7
Other 58.9 2.8 51.3 6.8 * * * * 62.0 2.7
Born in U.S. Yes 62.9 1.4 62.9 1.7 63.7 2.2 61.8 3.2 62.8 2.2
No * * * * * * * * * *

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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