Table 237b: Children with special health care needs without family-centered care, by ethnicity, 2001a

      Non-Hispanic    
  Total White Black Hispanic (of any race)
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                 
Total 33.5 0.5 28.8 0.5 42.8 1.4 47.9 1.7
                 
Age                
    0 - 5 32.2 1.1 27.5 1.2 38.4 2.8 44.5 3.4
    6-11 31.9 0.7 27.2 0.8 41.6 2.2 46.2 2.6
    12 - 17 35.6 0.8 30.8 0.8 47.4 2.4 52.3 2.9
                 
Gender                
    Male 34.0 0.6 28.8 0.6 42.7 1.8 50.9 2.1
    Female 32.8 0.8 28.7 0.9 43.0 2.2 43.7 2.8
                 
Household income b                
    Poor 50.4 1.4 42.2 2.0 54.0 2.6 61.6 3.2
    Near poor 38.1 1.1 33.8 1.3 40.4 2.5 49.1 3.5
    Middle 29.8 0.8 27.6 0.9 38.2 2.9 36.4 3.3
    High 25.4 0.9 23.6 0.9 31.8 3.9 34.0 4.4
                 
Parental education                
    Less than high school graduate 45.0 1.8 37.9 2.3 55.3 3.9 54.8 4.5
    High school graduate 34.4 0.9 30.0 1.0 44.1 2.5 46.9 3.1
    At least some college 29.2 0.6 26.4 0.6 36.6 1.9 38.9 2.4
                 
Insurance coverage                
    Any private 29.2 0.5 26.4 0.6 38.3 1.8 40.0 2.2
    Public only 43.8 1.1 37.9 1.4 46.8 2.3 53.9 2.9
    Uninsured 51.4 2.2 41.9 2.9 60.2 5.6 73.2 4.4
                 
Residence location                
    MSA 34.1 0.6 28.7 0.7 42.6 1.6 48.6 1.9
    Non-MSA 33.6 1.0 30.1 1.1 51.6 3.3 44.2 4.4
                 

a Family centered care is a composite of 5 questions asked: In the past 12 months / since (his/her) birth [if younger than 12 months], how often did (sample child)'s doctors and other health care providers spend enough time with (him/her)? How often did (sample child)'s doctors and other health care providers listen carefully to you? When (sample child) is seen by doctors and other health care providers, how often are they sensitive to your family's values and customs? In the past 12 months, how often did you get the specific information you needed from (sample child)'s doctors and other health care providers? How often did (sample child)'s doctors or other health care providers help you feel like a partner in (his/her) care? Response options for each question were never; sometimes; usually; always. If all 5 were answered either usually or always, the variable was coded as family centered; if any of the 5 were answered otherwise, the variable was coded as not family centered.

b Poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor, 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.

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

Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

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

Source: National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs

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