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Table 196B_c
Children whose parents rate their child's health care in the past year 7-8 on a scale from 0 to 10, by family incomea, United States, 2002
Population group Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   29.3 0.7 29.4 1.7 29.4 1.5 29.2 1.2 29.3 1.5
Age 0-5 28.3 1.1 29.0 2.4 28.3 2.2 28.0 2.0 28.2 2.5
6-17 29.9 0.9 29.8 2.1 30.0 1.9 29.9 1.5 29.7 1.7
Gender Male 30.2 0.9 32.3 2.6 28.6 1.7 30.1 1.5 30.3 2.0
Female 28.4 0.9 26.4 1.9 30.2 2.1 28.3 1.6 28.3 1.9
Race White, single race 28.9 0.8 28.3 2.1 29.7 1.8 28.9 1.4 28.7 1.6
Black, single race 27.6 1.7 30.2 3.4 26.6 2.9 27.6 3.4 23.9 4.4
Asian, single race 43.3 5.0 * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 34.5 4.3 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 29.4 0.8 31.2 2.2 29.0 1.9 29.0 1.4 29.3 1.6
Non-Hispanic, White 28.9 0.9 29.3 2.9 29.8 2.5 28.6 1.5 28.8 1.7
Non-Hispanic, Black 27.7 1.7 31.3 3.4 26.1 2.9 27.7 3.4 23.7 4.4
Hispanic (all races) 28.8 1.4 25.0 2.7 30.4 2.2 30.7 2.9 28.4 5.0
Health insurance Any private 29.6 0.9 35.6 3.9 28.1 2.1 29.9 1.4 29.1 1.6
Public only 29.2 1.5 27.8 1.9 31.5 2.4 24.9 3.8 * *
Uninsured 26.5 2.7 * * 24.4 4.4 28.4 5.0 * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 29.3 1.0 28.5 2.3 28.3 1.9 29.5 2.0 30.0 2.0
Metropolitan-small 30.0 1.5 29.5 3.2 33.4 3.3 30.2 2.3 27.5 2.9
Micropolitan 26.4 2.0 29.6 4.3 26.2 3.7 24.8 3.2 27.0 5.5
Noncore 30.0 3.4 36.2 5.5 24.3 5.8 29.7 4.9 * *
CSHCN Yes 31.0 1.4 31.7 2.8 31.5 2.3 29.8 2.3 31.6 2.9
No 28.7 0.9 28.8 2.0 28.8 1.8 28.9 1.4 28.6 1.7
Preferred language English 29.3 0.8 30.4 1.9 29.1 1.6 29.0 1.3 29.3 1.6
Other 29.3 2.0 23.6 3.5 31.3 2.9 32.3 4.2 * *
Born in U.S. Yes 29.4 0.7 29.9 1.8 29.5 1.5 29.4 1.3 29.3 1.5
No 24.9 3.5 * * 26.2 6.4 * * * *

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.

* 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; CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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