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Table 192B_c
Children whose parents report that their child's providers usually listened carefully to them, by family income,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Negative/poor  Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   19.9 0.8 21.4 1.6 20.3 1.6 20.1 1.4 18.5 1.4
Age 0-5 19.0 1.1 20.1 2.1 20.5 2.3 18.5 2.2 17.6 2.0
6-17 20.4 1.0 22.3 1.9 20.3 1.7 21.0 1.7 19.0 1.8
Gender Male 19.7 0.9 22.5 1.9 18.1 1.7 20.2 1.9 18.9 1.6
Female 20.0 1.1 20.3 2.0 22.8 2.1 20.1 1.8 18.1 2.0
Race White, single race 20.3 0.9 21.6 1.9 21.8 1.9 20.9 1.5 18.4 1.5
Black, single race 16.8 1.9 19.4 3.0 15.5 2.7 18.3 3.5 * *
Asian, single race 21.4 4.1 * * * * * * 30.5 6.6
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 23.7 4.8 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 19.7 0.9 20.8 1.9 20.3 2.0 20.4 1.6 18.2 1.4
Non-Hispanic, White 20.1 1.1 20.3 2.7 22.3 2.8 21.4 1.8 18.0 1.6
Non-Hispanic, Black 17.0 2.0 19.6 3.0 15.5 2.8 18.5 3.6 * *
Hispanic, all races 20.8 1.4 22.7 2.3 20.6 2.2 18.4 2.9 21.7 4.3
Health insurance Any private 20.0 1.0 22.8 4.8 20.6 2.6 21.0 1.6 18.6 1.5
Public only 20.1 1.2 21.1 1.6 20.3 2.0 16.8 2.6 * *
Uninsured 17.3 3.4 20.1 4.2 18.8 4.1 * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 19.2 1.0 20.2 1.8 21.6 2.0 20.1 1.8 16.8 1.7
Metropolitan-small 22.0 1.7 22.6 3.2 22.8 4.1 21.5 3.0 21.7 2.5
Micropolitan 16.7 2.2 21.6 5.6 13.0 1.7 16.8 3.4 * *
Noncore 21.3 2.9 24.6 6.6 16.3 4.1 19.7 5.6 * *
CSHCN Yes 23.4 1.5 26.3 3.1 18.5 2.5 23.8 2.4 24.0 2.8
No 18.7 0.8 19.5 1.7 20.9 1.9 18.8 1.5 17.0 1.4
Language spoken most often at home English 19.6 0.9 20.9 1.8 19.8 1.9 20.6 1.5 17.9 1.4
Other 22.1 1.6 23.2 2.4 22.4 2.6 15.9 3.1 30.1 4.8

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: 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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