Table 238a: Children with special health care needs who were without insurance at some point in the past year, by race, 2001a

  Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN >1 Race
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                             
Total 11.1 0.3 10.4 0.3 13.7 1.0 * * * * * * 14.3 1.6
                             
Age                            
    0 - 5 13.3 0.9 12.7 1.0 15.3 2.5 * * * * * * 16.1 2.8
    6-11 10.5 0.5 10.1 0.5 11.9 1.5 * * * * 11.4 2.6 13.4 2.2
    12 - 17 10.7 0.5 9.6 0.5 14.6 1.5 * * * * * * 14.0 3.3
                             
Gender                            
    Male 11.1 0.5 10.2 0.4 13.9 1.4 * * * * * * 14.0 1.9
    Female 11.1 0.5 10.5 0.6 13.3 1.3 * * * * 13.5 2.8 14.7 2.7
                             
Household income b                            
    Poor 21.0 1.1 22.2 1.5 18.6 2.1 * * * * 19.5 4.9 25.4 4.9
    Near poor 19.5 1.0 20.0 1.1 15.7 2.0 * * * * * * 21.9 3.8
    Middle 8.7 0.5 8.3 0.5 11.8 2.4 * * * * * * 9.8 2.0
    High 3.7 0.4 3.6 0.4 4.1 1.1 * * * * * * * *
                             
Parental education                            
    Less than high school graduate 18.6 1.4 19.6 1.8 15.4 2.5 * * * * * * * *
    High school graduate 12.3 0.6 12.0 0.6 13.3 1.7 * * * * 13.0 3.2 14.9 2.8
    At least some college 8.4 0.4 7.5 0.4 13.4 1.6 * * * * 13.1 2.6 12.2 2.0
                             
Insurance coverage                            
    Any private 4.3 0.3 4.0 0.3 5.8 1.1 * * * * * * 5.7 1.5
    Public only 14.5 0.9 14.8 1.0 12.3 1.6 * * * * * * 17.4 3.0
                             
Residence location                            
    MSA 10.7 0.4 9.8 0.4 13.6 1.2 * * * * * * 13.8 2.0
    Non-MSA 14.1 0.8 13.5 0.9 16.7 2.8 * * * * 15.8 3.9 21.6 4.4
                             

a In the past 12 months / since (his/her) birth [if younger than 12 months], was there any time when (sample child) was not covered by any health insurance?

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

Table 238b Table 237a

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