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Table 87b
Children ages 2-17 with advice about physical activity, by ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   33.1 1.0 32.3 1.2 32.4 1.4 33.1 2.0 36.2 1.7
Age 2-5 27.6 1.4 26.3 1.6 25.5 1.9 28.3 2.9 32.2 2.6
6-17 34.9 1.2 34.2 1.4 34.6 1.7 34.4 2.2 37.7 2.0
Gender Male 33.5 1.1 32.4 1.3 32.7 1.6 32.5 2.6 38.1 1.8
Female 32.7 1.2 32.3 1.4 32.1 1.8 33.7 2.2 34.3 2.2
Family incomea Negative/poor 30.4 1.7 29.6 2.1 28.0 3.3 34.6 2.7 32.0 2.4
Near poor/low 31.1 1.5 28.8 1.8 26.3 2.4 35.1 3.1 36.4 2.2
Middle 31.9 1.7 31.0 1.9 31.7 2.3 26.9 3.9 36.6 3.1
High 37.7 2.0 37.1 2.1 37.0 2.4 38.6 6.5 44.4 6.1
Health insurance Any private 34.7 1.4 33.9 1.5 34.4 1.7 31.7 3.6 40.8 3.1
Public only 31.5 1.3 29.1 1.6 25.1 2.4 35.8 2.2 36.3 1.9
Uninsured 24.9 2.7 25.9 3.8 26.9 4.8 * * 23.4 3.4
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 38.5 1.3 38.5 1.6 40.0 2.1 36.2 2.5 38.4 2.0
Metropolitan-small 28.1 1.8 26.9 2.0 26.1 2.3 31.8 3.7 33.9 3.7
Micropolitan 22.9 2.8 22.4 3.0 22.6 3.4 21.0 5.6 27.3 7.3
Noncore 24.0 2.9 24.1 3.1 25.9 3.5 14.6 2.8 * *
CSHCN Yes 41.9 1.8 41.0 2.0 42.4 2.4 38.4 3.1 47.4 4.0
No 30.9 1.1 29.9 1.3 29.5 1.6 31.5 2.3 34.4 1.7
Language spoken most often at home English 32.9 1.1 32.4 1.2 32.5 1.5 32.9 2.0 36.9 2.4
Other 34.4 1.8 30.4 4.4 30.5 9.0 * * 35.6 1.9

a Negative/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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* 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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