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Table 229C_b
Children whose parents rate their child´s health care in the past year 9-10 on a scale from 0 to 10, 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   67.8 0.9 68.2 1.0 68.7 1.2 68.6 2.0 66.0 1.8
Age 0-5 70.4 1.4 71.4 1.5 72.6 1.7 71.5 3.1 66.5 2.4
6-17 66.2 1.0 66.4 1.2 66.6 1.4 67.1 2.2 65.6 2.0
Gender Male 66.7 1.1 67.2 1.3 68.1 1.6 65.0 2.4 64.8 2.3
Female 68.9 1.1 69.2 1.3 69.3 1.5 72.1 2.3 67.3 2.1
Family incomea Negative/poor 64.0 1.8 63.3 2.3 60.6 3.7 68.2 3.0 65.9 2.6
Near poor/low 64.4 1.6 64.2 2.0 63.1 2.6 70.2 2.9 64.8 2.7
Middle 67.1 1.7 66.8 1.9 66.8 2.2 69.8 4.0 68.9 3.3
High 72.6 1.5 73.4 1.6 74.7 1.6 * * 64.1 5.8
Health insurance Any private 69.8 1.1 70.1 1.2 71.2 1.3 67.0 3.3 67.6 3.3
Public only 64.1 1.3 63.4 1.8 59.5 2.6 70.6 2.6 65.7 1.9
Uninsured 60.4 4.5 60.8 5.5 58.2 6.0 * * 59.0 5.5
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 66.8 1.2 67.4 1.5 68.6 1.9 65.7 2.5 64.4 2.2
Metropolitan-small 69.9 1.4 69.8 1.4 70.2 1.6 73.1 4.0 70.3 4.2
Micropolitan 66.8 3.2 66.3 3.5 65.5 3.9 76.6 5.6 71.7 4.8
Noncore 68.9 3.7 69.7 3.9 68.2 4.5 * * * *
CSHCN Yes 60.1 1.6 60.5 1.9 63.3 2.3 54.9 4.2 57.2 3.9
No 70.2 1.0 70.7 1.1 70.6 1.3 73.3 1.8 68.1 1.8
Language spoken most often at home English 68.1 0.9 68.3 1.0 68.8 1.2 68.3 2.0 65.8 3.1
Other 65.6 2.0 64.3 4.7 * * * * 66.1 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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