Table 185A_b
Children whose parents reported that their child's providers always explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
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Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
77.6 |
0.9 |
78.5 |
1.0 |
79.5 |
1.1 |
78.4 |
1.9 |
73.3 |
1.7 |
| Age |
0-5 |
78.7 |
1.4 |
79.6 |
1.6 |
80.5 |
1.7 |
79.1 |
2.9 |
75.3 |
2.1 |
| 6-17 |
77.0 |
1.0 |
77.9 |
1.1 |
78.9 |
1.3 |
77.9 |
2.3 |
71.7 |
2.2 |
| Gender |
Male |
77.9 |
1.0 |
78.6 |
1.1 |
80.4 |
1.2 |
74.5 |
2.5 |
74.2 |
2.1 |
| Female |
77.4 |
1.1 |
78.4 |
1.2 |
78.5 |
1.4 |
82.3 |
2.3 |
72.4 |
2.2 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
71.8 |
1.9 |
72.4 |
2.5 |
71.2 |
3.3 |
74.1 |
3.2 |
70.2 |
2.6 |
| Near poor/low |
74.0 |
1.7 |
74.1 |
2.2 |
72.7 |
2.9 |
81.9 |
3.4 |
73.5 |
2.6 |
| Middle |
78.1 |
1.5 |
78.7 |
1.6 |
80.1 |
1.7 |
73.6 |
4.6 |
74.2 |
3.0 |
| High |
82.5 |
1.4 |
82.9 |
1.4 |
83.6 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
77.4 |
5.4 |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
79.4 |
1.1 |
79.6 |
1.2 |
80.6 |
1.3 |
76.5 |
2.8 |
77.7 |
2.5 |
| Public only |
73.7 |
1.4 |
75.1 |
1.7 |
73.5 |
2.3 |
79.2 |
2.5 |
70.5 |
2.4 |
| Uninsured |
75.6 |
3.0 |
78.4 |
3.8 |
80.0 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
68.1 |
4.4 |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
78.1 |
1.1 |
79.4 |
1.3 |
81.6 |
1.5 |
76.7 |
2.0 |
72.9 |
2.4 |
| Metropolitan-small |
76.8 |
1.9 |
77.8 |
2.0 |
77.7 |
2.1 |
82.2 |
4.6 |
70.6 |
3.6 |
| Micropolitan |
80.3 |
2.1 |
79.4 |
2.4 |
78.6 |
2.8 |
88.1 |
7.6 |
87.7 |
3.3 |
| Noncore |
72.9 |
3.7 |
73.0 |
4.0 |
73.4 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
77.6 |
1.4 |
78.1 |
1.6 |
77.8 |
1.9 |
84.7 |
2.6 |
74.4 |
2.9 |
| No |
77.7 |
1.0 |
78.7 |
1.1 |
80.1 |
1.1 |
76.2 |
2.2 |
73.1 |
1.8 |
| Preferred language |
English |
78.7 |
0.9 |
78.9 |
1.0 |
79.3 |
1.1 |
78.4 |
1.9 |
77.2 |
2.3 |
| Other |
69.9 |
2.1 |
71.0 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
69.4 |
2.3 |
| Born in U.S. |
Yes |
78.0 |
0.9 |
78.8 |
1.0 |
79.4 |
1.1 |
78.9 |
1.8 |
73.8 |
1.8 |
| No |
67.9 |
3.8 |
68.0 |
5.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
67.7 |
4.3 |
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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