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Table 183C_c
Children whose parents reported that their child's providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them, by family income,a United States, 2003
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 5.7 0.4 8.3 0.9 8.0 1.1 5.5 0.6 3.2 0.5
Age 0-5 5.7 0.6 8.3 1.3 8.0 1.6 5.3 0.9 2.2 0.7
6-17 5.8 0.5 8.3 1.2 8.0 1.3 5.6 0.8 3.7 0.7
Gender Male 5.4 0.5 7.9 1.1 8.1 1.3 5.3 0.8 2.7 0.6
Female 6.0 0.5 8.8 1.3 7.9 1.4 5.7 0.9 3.8 0.8
Race White, single race 5.3 0.4 9.2 1.3 7.9 1.3 4.5 0.7 3.0 0.6
Black, single race 7.0 1.1 7.3 1.4 * * 9.6 2.4 * *
Asian, single race 12.6 3.2 * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 5.3 0.4 8.0 1.1 8.3 1.4 5.1 0.7 3.1 0.5
Non-Hispanic, White 4.6 0.5 9.1 1.8 8.2 1.8 3.8 0.7 2.9 0.6
Non-Hispanic, Black 7.0 1.1 7.3 1.4 * * 9.6 2.5 * *
Hispanic 7.7 0.8 9.2 1.7 7.2 1.1 8.1 1.7 * *
Health insurance Any private 4.6 0.4 8.9 2.4 6.9 1.5 4.9 0.7 3.1 0.5
Public only 8.7 0.8 8.1 1.0 9.7 1.6 9.0 2.2 * *
Uninsured 5.7 1.5 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 5.5 0.4 6.8 1.0 7.7 1.2 5.8 0.9 3.4 0.7
Metropolitan-small 6.3 0.8 9.4 1.8 10.0 2.4 5.6 1.3 * *
Micropolitan 5.9 0.9 * * * * 5.0 1.2 * *
Noncore * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 7.4 0.8 10.4 2.1 8.5 2.0 8.1 1.5 4.3 1.2
No 5.2 0.4 7.7 0.9 7.7 1.2 4.8 0.7 2.9 0.6
Preferred language English 5.4 0.4 8.1 1.1 8.0 1.4 5.4 0.7 2.9 0.5
Other 8.2 1.0 9.0 1.9 8.1 1.3 6.2 1.7 * *
Born in U.S. Yes 5.6 0.4 8.2 0.9 7.9 1.1 5.4 0.6 3.1 0.5
No 8.6 2.1 * * * * * * * *

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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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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