Table 194A_b
Children whose parents report that their child's providers always explained things in a way they could understand, 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 |
|
77.2 |
0.8 |
77.8 |
0.9 |
78.3 |
1.0 |
79.6 |
2.2 |
74.1 |
1.5 |
| Age |
0-5 |
77.1 |
1.2 |
78.2 |
1.4 |
79.0 |
1.6 |
79.2 |
3.3 |
72.8 |
1.8 |
| 6-17 |
77.2 |
0.9 |
77.6 |
1.0 |
77.9 |
1.2 |
79.8 |
2.2 |
75.1 |
1.9 |
| Gender |
Male |
77.8 |
1.0 |
78.6 |
1.2 |
79.2 |
1.3 |
79.7 |
2.7 |
74.0 |
1.9 |
| Female |
76.5 |
1.0 |
77.0 |
1.2 |
77.3 |
1.3 |
79.5 |
2.4 |
74.2 |
2.0 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
71.9 |
1.8 |
72.1 |
2.3 |
71.1 |
3.5 |
75.1 |
3.2 |
71.4 |
2.5 |
| Near poor/low |
75.7 |
1.7 |
76.6 |
2.2 |
75.4 |
2.9 |
84.1 |
3.3 |
73.5 |
2.4 |
| Middle |
76.5 |
1.5 |
76.5 |
1.6 |
76.7 |
1.8 |
75.2 |
4.6 |
76.8 |
3.4 |
| High |
81.6 |
1.4 |
82.2 |
1.3 |
82.7 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
75.6 |
4.6 |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
79.0 |
1.0 |
79.2 |
1.0 |
79.5 |
1.1 |
83.3 |
2.8 |
77.3 |
2.5 |
| Public only |
73.2 |
1.3 |
73.4 |
1.7 |
71.3 |
2.5 |
78.2 |
2.8 |
72.8 |
1.8 |
| Uninsured |
74.2 |
3.7 |
77.5 |
4.7 |
81.5 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
64.6 |
4.7 |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
77.7 |
1.0 |
79.4 |
1.1 |
80.3 |
1.4 |
80.6 |
2.4 |
71.3 |
2.0 |
| Metropolitan-small |
76.6 |
1.7 |
76.1 |
2.0 |
76.3 |
2.2 |
82.4 |
4.3 |
79.3 |
2.9 |
| Micropolitan |
77.8 |
2.3 |
76.6 |
2.6 |
75.5 |
2.8 |
79.9 |
4.2 |
88.5 |
2.6 |
| Noncore |
74.5 |
3.5 |
74.7 |
3.7 |
77.1 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
74.2 |
1.5 |
74.2 |
1.7 |
74.1 |
2.1 |
76.2 |
3.5 |
74.1 |
3.4 |
| No |
78.2 |
0.9 |
79.1 |
1.0 |
79.8 |
1.1 |
80.7 |
2.2 |
74.3 |
1.6 |
| Language spoken most often at home |
English |
77.9 |
0.8 |
78.1 |
0.9 |
78.2 |
1.0 |
79.4 |
2.2 |
76.3 |
2.1 |
| Other |
72.0 |
1.9 |
72.5 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
71.9 |
2.1 |
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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