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Table 87b
Children 41-80 lbs with advice to parent or guardian about using child booster 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 36.9 1.5 36.7 1.8 38.3 2.1 31.6 3.0 37.7 2.4
Age 0-5 47.3 2.6 48.1 3.3 48.5 3.9 46.7 7.3 44.9 4.2
6-17 33.9 1.6 33.7 1.9 35.7 2.2 26.6 3.2 35.0 2.7
Gender Male 35.5 1.9 35.3 2.2 36.1 2.7 36.2 4.1 36.0 3.0
Female 38.3 1.8 38.1 2.1 40.6 2.6 26.5 3.7 39.4 3.2
Family incomea Negative/poor 38.3 2.4 38.7 3.3 36.1 4.8 43.1 4.5 37.7 3.4
Near poor/low 28.7 2.4 27.5 3.0 27.1 4.0 30.7 5.4 31.9 3.2
Middle 34.6 2.5 31.7 2.8 33.6 3.2 * * 50.1 5.4
High 45.6 2.9 47.2 3.2 49.7 3.5 * * * *
Health insurance Any private 38.8 2.0 38.5 2.1 40.2 2.5 26.8 4.7 40.6 4.5
Public only 35.3 1.9 32.9 2.6 31.3 3.4 38.3 4.0 40.4 2.3
Uninsured 24.0 4.6 * * * * * * 18.6 4.2
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 40.8 2.0 41.1 2.6 43.7 3.3 35.9 3.8 39.9 3.0
Metropolitan-small 33.7 3.1 33.9 3.4 35.4 3.8 24.8 6.3 33.1 5.2
Micropolitan 27.3 3.3 26.6 3.4 27.4 3.3 * * * *
Noncore 30.0 5.0 30.0 5.6 30.7 6.1 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 32.8 3.1 32.9 3.3 35.1 4.0 30.5 6.0 32.5 5.9
No 38.0 1.6 37.7 2.0 39.1 2.4 32.0 3.2 39.0 2.4
Preferred language English 36.7 1.7 36.9 1.8 38.1 2.1 31.8 3.1 35.0 4.0
Other 38.0 2.6 33.2 6.6 * * * * 39.9 2.6
Born in U.S. Yes 37.5 1.5 37.2 1.8 38.5 2.1 31.8 3.1 39.2 2.5
No 19.3 4.6 * * * * * * 23.7 5.1

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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