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Table 183A_b
Children whose parents reported that their child's providers always listened carefully to them, 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 74.1 0.9 74.7 1.0 75.0 1.1 77.0 2.0 71.3 1.6
Age 0-5 74.7 1.3 75.4 1.5 75.9 1.7 77.9 2.9 71.9 2.2
6-17 73.8 1.0 74.3 1.1 74.6 1.3 76.5 2.2 70.9 2.0
Gender Male 74.8 1.0 75.0 1.1 76.0 1.2 75.3 2.6 73.5 2.0
Female 73.5 1.1 74.4 1.2 74.1 1.5 78.8 2.4 69.1 2.3
Family incomea Negative/poor 69.9 2.1 69.6 2.6 68.4 3.5 71.7 3.5 70.8 2.7
Near poor/low 70.6 1.7 70.0 2.2 66.8 2.8 83.0 3.2 72.1 2.6
Middle 73.9 1.6 74.2 1.8 74.9 2.0 71.7 4.4 71.6 2.7
High 78.8 1.4 79.4 1.4 79.9 1.5 * * 69.9 5.7
Health insurance Any private 75.4 1.1 75.6 1.2 76.4 1.3 74.9 2.8 73.9 2.6
Public only 71.3 1.5 71.7 1.8 68.7 2.4 78.3 2.8 70.4 2.3
Uninsured 71.5 3.0 74.2 3.9 74.1 4.7 * * 64.3 4.2
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 75.1 1.2 76.0 1.4 77.2 1.6 76.5 2.2 71.7 2.2
Metropolitan-small 73.1 1.8 74.0 1.9 73.9 2.2 78.6 4.2 67.3 3.5
Micropolitan 73.8 2.1 72.4 2.2 70.4 2.5 86.8 7.6 84.7 3.8
Noncore 70.3 3.5 70.7 3.9 71.9 4.6 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 71.6 1.6 71.8 1.8 71.7 2.1 78.3 3.5 70.8 2.9
No 75.0 1.0 75.7 1.1 76.3 1.2 76.6 2.2 71.7 1.8
Preferred language English 75.0 0.9 75.1 1.0 75.0 1.1 77.3 2.0 74.2 2.1
Other 67.7 2.1 65.7 4.3 * * * * 68.5 2.2
Born in U.S. Yes 74.4 0.9 74.9 1.0 75.0 1.1 77.6 2.0 71.6 1.7
No 68.2 3.4 67.6 4.9 * * * * 69.0 4.2

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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