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Table 91c
Children under 40 lbs with advice to parent or guardian about using child car safety seats, 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   61.0 1.6 60.5 2.4 56.8 3.0 61.8 2.7 64.0 3.1
Age 0-5 61.5 1.6 61.6 2.3 57.3 2.9 62.1 2.7 64.5 3.2
6-17 47.9 5.4 * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 60.8 2.0 64.0 3.0 58.4 3.8 62.1 3.6 58.7 4.5
Female 61.1 2.0 57.1 3.1 55.3 3.9 61.5 3.5 69.9 3.8
Race White, single race 60.2 1.7 60.1 2.9 55.8 3.5 60.9 3.1 62.9 3.5
Black, single race 65.0 3.5 64.7 4.5 65.4 5.8 * * * *
Asian, single race 63.8 7.2 * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 61.0 1.8 61.7 3.0 53.7 3.8 62.7 3.0 63.3 3.3
Non-Hispanic, White 59.7 2.1 61.1 4.2 51.0 4.8 61.2 3.5 62.2 3.7
Non-Hispanic, Black 65.2 3.6 64.4 4.6 65.2 6.0 * * * *
Hispanic, all races 60.9 2.5 58.3 3.6 63.4 4.0 57.1 5.6 * *
Health insurance Any private 61.7 2.1 * * 53.5 4.8 63.1 3.1 64.7 3.2
Public only 60.8 2.2 62.2 2.6 58.0 3.6 61.4 6.6 * *
Uninsured 54.8 4.9 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 63.4 2.0 63.1 3.3 59.3 3.6 66.6 3.3 63.0 4.0
Metropolitan-small 59.9 3.6 59.3 4.5 54.3 7.1 61.1 5.7 * *
Micropolitan 54.8 3.6 64.5 5.2 * * * * * *
Noncore 52.5 6.1 * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 69.6 3.5 71.9 6.3 * * * * * *
No 60.0 1.6 59.0 2.5 55.6 3.0 61.0 2.8 63.5 3.2
Language spoken most often at home English 60.7 1.7 61.1 2.8 54.8 3.5 61.6 2.9 63.3 3.5
Other 62.5 2.7 58.7 4.3 61.9 4.9 63.0 7.0 * *

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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