| Total | Poor | Near poor | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 21.9 | 0.6 | 33.3 | 2.1 | 25.6 | 1.4 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 18.2 | 1.0 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 0 - 5 | 19.7 | 1.2 | 30.3 | 3.9 | 21.9 | 2.6 | 16.6 | 2.0 | 17.1 | 2.0 |
| 6-11 | 22.3 | 0.9 | 31.9 | 2.8 | 25.5 | 2.4 | 18.1 | 1.2 | 19.9 | 1.8 |
| 12 - 17 | 22.8 | 0.9 | 37.1 | 4.1 | 28.4 | 2.5 | 20.9 | 1.4 | 17.4 | 1.4 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 22.5 | 0.7 | 31.1 | 2.3 | 27.3 | 1.9 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 18.3 | 1.3 |
| Female | 21.1 | 0.9 | 36.1 | 3.7 | 23.3 | 2.1 | 17.0 | 1.3 | 18.1 | 1.4 |
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 20.8 | 0.6 | 35.2 | 3.0 | 26.3 | 1.8 | 18.3 | 0.9 | 17.6 | 1.0 |
| Black | 24.2 | 1.8 | 29.2 | 3.7 | 24.2 | 3.2 | 21.4 | 3.3 | * | * |
| Asian | 25.0 | 5.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 26.5 | 7.6 |
| NHOPI | 51.8 | 12.5 | 57.4 | 16.2 | 66.7 | 18.7 | * | * | * | * |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 29.1 | 6.1 | * | * | 38.5 | 8.7 | * | * | * | * |
| >1 Race | 24.2 | 3.4 | 22.1 | 5.1 | 18.8 | 5.4 | * | * | 27.6 | 7.3 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 20.7 | 0.6 | 30.8 | 2.4 | 24.4 | 1.5 | 18.6 | 0.9 | 17.7 | 0.9 |
| White | 19.9 | 0.6 | 32.0 | 3.2 | 25.3 | 1.8 | 18.3 | 0.9 | 17.0 | 0.9 |
| Black | 23.8 | 1.8 | 29.4 | 3.7 | 22.6 | 2.9 | 20.5 | 3.2 | * | * |
| Hispanic | 31.1 | 2.2 | 40.9 | 4.6 | 31.3 | 4.3 | 23.0 | 3.8 | 27.4 | 6.9 |
| Parental education | ||||||||||
| Less than high school graduate | 31.0 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 4.0 | 28.7 | 5.0 | 20.2 | 5.0 | 38.4 | 11.3 |
| High school graduate | 19.8 | 1.1 | 27.7 | 4.1 | 23.9 | 2.2 | 15.6 | 1.4 | 16.2 | 2.7 |
| At least some college | 20.5 | 0.6 | 33.0 | 3.0 | 24.4 | 1.7 | 20.2 | 1.1 | 18.2 | 1.0 |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||||
| Any private | 19.5 | 0.6 | 36.1 | 5.2 | 22.8 | 1.7 | 18.8 | 0.9 | 17.8 | 1.0 |
| Public only | 28.5 | 1.4 | 30.1 | 2.3 | 27.6 | 2.5 | 23.1 | 3.2 | * | * |
| Uninsured | 33.0 | 3.5 | 48.5 | 6.5 | 36.6 | 6.8 | 15.5 | 4.1 | * | * |
| Residence location | ||||||||||
| MSA | 22.8 | 0.7 | 34.1 | 2.8 | 27.6 | 1.9 | 20.1 | 1.1 | 18.9 | 1.2 |
| Non-MSA | 18.7 | 1.1 | 32.2 | 3.0 | 20.8 | 2.5 | 13.9 | 1.3 | 11.6 | 1.9 |
aIn the past 12 months / since (his/her) birth [if younger than 12 months], how much a problem, if any, was it to get a referral to a specialist that (sample child) needed to see? Was it a big problem, a small problem or not a problem? Responses of big problem or small problem were recoded as any difficulty getting a referral. 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: 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