Table 60a: Children age 0-17 with advice to parent or guardian about smoking in house, by race, United States, 2001

  Total White Black API AI/AN
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                     
Total 42.8 0.9 43.1 1.0 45.7 2.1 29.6 4.2 33.2 5.9
                     
Age                    
    0 - 5 52.4 1.2 52.8 1.4 57.4 2.9 * * * *
    6 - 17 38.1 1.0 38.3 1.1 40.1 2.6 29.7 5.3 * *
                     
Gender                    
    Male 42.6 1.1 42.9 1.3 45.3 2.5 28.5 4.9 * *
    Female 43.0 1.1 43.2 1.2 46.1 2.6 30.5 4.9 * *
                     
Family incomea                    
    Negative or poor 50.1 1.9 52.9 2.3 50.4 3.6 * * * *
    Near poor/low 44.3 1.7 44.1 2.0 47.6 3.8 * * * *
    Middle 42.5 1.4 43.0 1.6 42.2 3.7 * * * *
    High 37.8 1.6 38.3 1.7 38.2 4.7 * * * *
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Any private 40.3 1.1 40.4 1.2 43.7 2.6 32.7 4.3 * *
    Public only 51.8 1.7 54.4 1.7 50.4 3.3 * * * *
    Uninsured 37.1 2.4 38.6 2.7 31.0 6.8 * * * *
                     
Residence locationb                    
    Metropolitan-large 42.3 1.2 43.2 1.5 44.4 2.6 29.4 4.3 * *
    Metropolitan-small 44.1 1.7 43.9 1.8 48.6 4.1 * * * *
    Micropolitan 41.2 2.3 40.2 2.4 50.1 6.5 * * * *
    Noncore 44.0 3.1 43.6 3.4 * * * * * *
                     
CSHCNc                    
    Yes 48.8 1.7 48.1 1.8 55.2 3.9 * * * *
    No 41.4 0.9 41.8 1.1 43.7 2.3 28.7 4.1 32.4 6.7
                     

aNegative 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.

bSee 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.

Table 60b Table 59a

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