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Table 90b
Children ages 0-17 with advice to parent or guardian about smoking in the house, 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   46.0 1.0 44.7 1.1 42.7 1.4 51.7 2.4 51.2 1.6
Age 0-5 52.2 1.3 51.2 1.6 48.1 2.0 62.2 3.6 55.9 2.1
6-17 43.0 1.2 41.8 1.4 40.2 1.7 47.3 2.6 48.6 1.8
Gender Male 46.4 1.2 44.9 1.3 43.6 1.6 50.3 3.0 52.7 1.9
Female 45.6 1.2 44.6 1.3 41.7 1.7 53.0 2.5 49.7 2.0
Family incomea Negative/poor 56.4 1.7 57.6 2.1 54.9 3.2 61.0 2.9 53.8 2.7
Near poor/low 49.3 1.7 48.4 2.2 46.1 3.0 51.0 3.6 51.2 2.4
Middle 45.2 1.6 44.3 1.8 44.1 2.1 45.1 5.2 50.5 3.0
High 37.5 2.0 36.6 2.1 36.0 2.4 42.6 7.5 46.8 5.5
Health insurance Any private 41.9 1.3 40.9 1.4 40.2 1.6 44.5 3.8 49.5 2.8
Public only 57.0 1.5 57.1 1.8 54.2 2.6 61.7 2.7 56.9 2.3
Uninsured 37.8 2.8 39.1 3.9 40.9 4.9 * * 35.6 3.5
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 47.4 1.3 46.7 1.5 44.7 1.8 52.8 3.1 49.6 1.9
Metropolitan-small 46.2 2.1 43.8 2.3 42.0 2.8 52.4 5.0 57.7 3.4
Micropolitan 42.8 2.6 42.3 2.9 40.9 3.1 49.0 7.4 47.7 5.9
Noncore 38.2 3.6 37.7 3.7 36.3 4.1 38.3 4.9 42.4 9.5
CSHCN Yes 50.3 1.8 49.3 2.0 45.6 2.5 62.1 3.4 56.2 3.7
No 45.0 1.1 43.6 1.2 41.9 1.5 48.9 2.6 50.5 1.6
Language spoken most often at home English 45.3 1.1 44.9 1.2 42.8 1.4 51.6 2.4 49.0 2.6
Other 50.1 1.9 41.3 4.2 38.0 8.3 * * 53.1 2.0

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: 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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