Table 185B_b Children whose parents reported that their child's providers usually explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
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Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
17.2 |
0.8 |
16.7 |
0.9 |
16.5 |
0.9 |
14.7 |
1.7 |
19.6 |
1.5 |
Age |
0-5 |
16.2 |
1.1 |
15.7 |
1.3 |
15.3 |
1.4 |
13.7 |
2.4 |
18.0 |
1.9 |
6-17 |
17.8 |
0.9 |
17.3 |
1.0 |
17.2 |
1.2 |
15.3 |
2.1 |
20.9 |
1.9 |
Gender |
Male |
17.1 |
0.9 |
16.6 |
1.0 |
15.8 |
1.1 |
18.5 |
2.4 |
19.4 |
1.8 |
Female |
17.3 |
1.0 |
16.8 |
1.1 |
17.3 |
1.2 |
10.7 |
1.7 |
19.8 |
1.9 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
19.3 |
1.7 |
19.5 |
2.1 |
19.7 |
2.8 |
18.5 |
3.0 |
18.6 |
2.0 |
Near poor/low |
18.2 |
1.4 |
17.7 |
1.8 |
19.6 |
2.5 |
9.3 |
2.2 |
19.6 |
2.2 |
Middle |
17.7 |
1.3 |
17.3 |
1.5 |
17.1 |
1.6 |
18.9 |
4.0 |
19.9 |
2.8 |
High |
14.9 |
1.3 |
14.5 |
1.3 |
14.0 |
1.4 |
* |
* |
21.1 |
5.4 |
Health insurance |
Any private |
16.9 |
1.0 |
16.8 |
1.1 |
16.4 |
1.1 |
16.1 |
2.5 |
18.0 |
2.3 |
Public only |
17.7 |
1.1 |
16.6 |
1.4 |
17.6 |
1.8 |
14.0 |
2.1 |
20.3 |
2.0 |
Uninsured |
18.5 |
2.7 |
16.8 |
3.6 |
14.8 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
23.2 |
3.7 |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
16.8 |
1.1 |
15.9 |
1.2 |
15.0 |
1.3 |
15.0 |
2.0 |
20.4 |
2.0 |
Metropolitan-small |
17.7 |
1.6 |
17.4 |
1.7 |
17.8 |
1.8 |
13.2 |
3.7 |
19.5 |
3.2 |
Micropolitan |
15.4 |
2.0 |
16.2 |
2.2 |
16.5 |
2.4 |
* |
* |
8.5 |
2.4 |
Noncore |
22.3 |
3.0 |
21.9 |
3.3 |
21.3 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
16.6 |
1.3 |
16.5 |
1.4 |
17.0 |
1.7 |
11.7 |
2.5 |
17.5 |
2.4 |
No |
17.3 |
0.9 |
16.7 |
0.9 |
16.2 |
1.0 |
15.8 |
1.9 |
20.1 |
1.7 |
Preferred language |
English |
16.6 |
0.8 |
16.4 |
0.9 |
16.7 |
0.9 |
14.8 |
1.7 |
17.9 |
2.1 |
Other |
21.7 |
1.7 |
22.7 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
21.3 |
1.9 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
17.0 |
0.8 |
16.5 |
0.9 |
16.6 |
0.9 |
14.3 |
1.6 |
19.3 |
1.6 |
No |
22.7 |
3.3 |
22.7 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
22.7 |
3.6 |
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 See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* 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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