Table 171B_b Children whose parents report that their child's providers usually explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic (all races) |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
19.0 |
0.7 |
18.8 |
0.8 |
18.7 |
0.8 |
15.9 |
1.9 |
20.5 |
1.4 |
Age |
0-5 |
18.7 |
1.1 |
18.5 |
1.2 |
17.8 |
1.2 |
16.6 |
3.1 |
19.6 |
1.9 |
6-17 |
19.2 |
0.8 |
18.9 |
0.9 |
19.1 |
1.0 |
15.5 |
1.6 |
21.2 |
1.8 |
Gender |
Male |
19.7 |
0.9 |
19.2 |
0.9 |
19.2 |
1.0 |
15.4 |
2.2 |
22.9 |
1.9 |
Female |
18.3 |
0.8 |
18.3 |
0.9 |
18.1 |
1.0 |
16.4 |
2.0 |
18.2 |
1.6 |
Family incomea |
Negative or poor |
20.1 |
1.7 |
19.6 |
2.2 |
18.4 |
2.6 |
19.8 |
3.6 |
21.3 |
2.6 |
Near poor/low |
18.0 |
1.3 |
17.9 |
1.6 |
18.9 |
1.9 |
13.0 |
2.2 |
18.4 |
2.2 |
Middle |
20.4 |
1.1 |
19.7 |
1.3 |
19.9 |
1.4 |
15.1 |
3.0 |
24.9 |
2.6 |
High |
17.6 |
1.2 |
17.9 |
1.2 |
17.4 |
1.4 |
14.7 |
4.2 |
13.5 |
3.1 |
Health insurance |
Any private |
19.0 |
0.8 |
18.8 |
0.9 |
19.1 |
0.9 |
14.0 |
2.0 |
20.3 |
1.8 |
Public only |
18.8 |
1.3 |
18.2 |
1.6 |
16.3 |
1.8 |
18.3 |
3.0 |
20.2 |
2.1 |
Uninsured |
21.2 |
2.6 |
20.3 |
3.2 |
19.4 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
23.8 |
4.0 |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
19.1 |
1.0 |
18.2 |
1.1 |
17.2 |
1.2 |
17.1 |
2.3 |
22.6 |
1.6 |
Metropolitan-small |
19.2 |
1.3 |
19.5 |
1.4 |
20.3 |
1.4 |
11.9 |
2.5 |
16.6 |
3.5 |
Micropolitan |
17.2 |
2.1 |
17.7 |
2.3 |
18.4 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
21.8 |
3.0 |
22.3 |
2.9 |
21.7 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
18.3 |
1.2 |
18.1 |
1.3 |
18.6 |
1.5 |
12.2 |
2.4 |
20.0 |
2.5 |
No |
19.2 |
0.8 |
18.9 |
0.9 |
18.6 |
0.9 |
17.1 |
2.3 |
20.5 |
1.5 |
Preferred language |
English |
18.8 |
0.7 |
18.7 |
0.8 |
18.8 |
0.8 |
15.9 |
1.9 |
19.0 |
1.6 |
Other |
22.4 |
1.9 |
20.1 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
23.3 |
2.2 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
19.0 |
0.7 |
18.8 |
0.8 |
18.6 |
0.8 |
16.0 |
1.9 |
20.4 |
1.4 |
No |
20.0 |
2.9 |
18.7 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
22.1 |
4.0 |
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: 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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