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Table 88b
Children ages 2-17 with advice about eating healthy, 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   53.3 1.1 53.1 1.2 53.6 1.4 51.8 2.5 54.2 1.6
Age 2-5 60.5 1.6 60.7 1.9 61.4 2.3 57.3 3.6 59.8 2.2
6-17 51.0 1.2 50.7 1.3 51.2 1.6 50.3 2.7 52.0 1.9
Gender Male 52.1 1.2 51.3 1.3 52.4 1.6 49.2 3.0 55.2 1.8
Female 54.6 1.3 54.9 1.5 54.9 1.8 54.5 2.7 53.1 2.3
Family incomea Negative/poor 50.3 1.9 50.0 2.4 48.5 3.6 54.5 3.1 50.9 2.6
Near poor/low 49.0 1.6 48.6 2.1 46.2 2.9 52.5 3.5 50.0 2.3
Middle 51.6 1.9 50.7 2.0 51.6 2.4 46.4 4.5 56.8 3.5
High 60.4 1.9 59.8 2.0 60.3 2.2 55.7 6.9 66.8 4.8
Health insurance Any private 55.4 1.3 54.9 1.4 56.0 1.6 47.7 3.7 59.5 2.8
Public only 52.2 1.5 50.5 1.8 45.8 2.4 58.1 3.1 55.7 1.9
Uninsured 38.7 2.8 41.4 4.1 43.2 5.2 * * 34.1 3.6
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 58.5 1.3 59.2 1.6 60.7 1.9 56.8 2.9 56.4 1.7
Metropolitan-small 51.0 2.0 50.7 2.0 51.1 2.4 48.2 4.4 52.6 4.5
Micropolitan 41.0 3.4 40.7 3.3 40.9 3.9 40.4 6.7 43.0 6.9
Noncore 37.8 3.3 38.0 3.5 41.5 3.5 19.9 5.1 * *
CSHCN Yes 61.3 1.6 60.0 1.8 59.7 2.1 63.6 3.6 69.5 3.2
No 51.2 1.2 51.1 1.4 51.8 1.7 48.4 2.8 51.5 1.7
Language spoken most often at home English 53.6 1.2 53.1 1.2 53.6 1.4 51.5 2.5 58.2 2.6
Other 51.1 1.9 52.3 4.6 53.8 9.2 * * 50.8 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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