National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004

Table 230B_a: Children whose providers usually showed respect for what their parents had to say, by race, United States, 2001

	Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE

Total	19.7	1.0	20.6	0.9	15.6	2.5	19.8	3.5	*	*

Age
0 - 5	18.9	1.1	19.3	1.2	14.9	3.2	*	*	*	*
6 - 17	20.2	1.1	21.3	1.1	16.1	2.5	*	*	*	*

Gender
Male	19.8	1.2	21.2	1.2	12.8	2.7	16.5	3.9	*	*
Female	19.7	1.2	19.9	1.1	18.4	2.8	22.8	4.6	*	*

Family income ^a
Negative or poor	17.4	1.8	18.9	2.2	16.4	3.5	*	*	*	*
Near poor/low	23.2	1.9	24.3	2.2	20.8	4.2	*	*	*	*
Middle	20.2	1.3	21.4	1.5	11.8	2.5	*	*	*	*
High	18.3	1.6	18.6	1.6	11.6	3.2	*	*	*	*

Insurance coverage
Any private	20.3	1.1	21.0	1.1	14.8	2.1	19.3	4.2	*	*
Public only	18.6	1.8	19.1	1.9	17.8	3.9	*	*	*	*
Uninsured	17.8	2.3	20.0	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*

Residence location^b
Metropolitan-large	20.4	1.5	21.3	1.4	16.6	3.6	21.2	3.8	*	*
Metropolitan-small	20.0	1.5	21.2	1.7	13.2	3.0	*	*	*	*
Micropolitan	18.5	2.0	19.4	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Noncore	13.6	2.5	14.0	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*

CSHCN^c
Yes	19.8	1.3	20.5	1.5	18.3	3.1	*	*	*	*
No	19.6	1.1	20.6	1.1	15.0	2.8	20.4	3.9	*	*

^a Negative or 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.

^cPopulation is different from other categories. The variable is defined according to age at interview rounds, not the end of the year. Children with missing values are excluded.

^*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.