Table 87b Children ages 2-17 with advice about physical activity, 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 |
|
33.1 |
1.0 |
32.3 |
1.2 |
32.4 |
1.4 |
33.1 |
2.0 |
36.2 |
1.7 |
Age |
2-5 |
27.6 |
1.4 |
26.3 |
1.6 |
25.5 |
1.9 |
28.3 |
2.9 |
32.2 |
2.6 |
6-17 |
34.9 |
1.2 |
34.2 |
1.4 |
34.6 |
1.7 |
34.4 |
2.2 |
37.7 |
2.0 |
Gender |
Male |
33.5 |
1.1 |
32.4 |
1.3 |
32.7 |
1.6 |
32.5 |
2.6 |
38.1 |
1.8 |
Female |
32.7 |
1.2 |
32.3 |
1.4 |
32.1 |
1.8 |
33.7 |
2.2 |
34.3 |
2.2 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
30.4 |
1.7 |
29.6 |
2.1 |
28.0 |
3.3 |
34.6 |
2.7 |
32.0 |
2.4 |
Near poor/low |
31.1 |
1.5 |
28.8 |
1.8 |
26.3 |
2.4 |
35.1 |
3.1 |
36.4 |
2.2 |
Middle |
31.9 |
1.7 |
31.0 |
1.9 |
31.7 |
2.3 |
26.9 |
3.9 |
36.6 |
3.1 |
High |
37.7 |
2.0 |
37.1 |
2.1 |
37.0 |
2.4 |
38.6 |
6.5 |
44.4 |
6.1 |
Health insurance |
Any private |
34.7 |
1.4 |
33.9 |
1.5 |
34.4 |
1.7 |
31.7 |
3.6 |
40.8 |
3.1 |
Public only |
31.5 |
1.3 |
29.1 |
1.6 |
25.1 |
2.4 |
35.8 |
2.2 |
36.3 |
1.9 |
Uninsured |
24.9 |
2.7 |
25.9 |
3.8 |
26.9 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
23.4 |
3.4 |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
38.5 |
1.3 |
38.5 |
1.6 |
40.0 |
2.1 |
36.2 |
2.5 |
38.4 |
2.0 |
Metropolitan-small |
28.1 |
1.8 |
26.9 |
2.0 |
26.1 |
2.3 |
31.8 |
3.7 |
33.9 |
3.7 |
Micropolitan |
22.9 |
2.8 |
22.4 |
3.0 |
22.6 |
3.4 |
21.0 |
5.6 |
27.3 |
7.3 |
Noncore |
24.0 |
2.9 |
24.1 |
3.1 |
25.9 |
3.5 |
14.6 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
41.9 |
1.8 |
41.0 |
2.0 |
42.4 |
2.4 |
38.4 |
3.1 |
47.4 |
4.0 |
No |
30.9 |
1.1 |
29.9 |
1.3 |
29.5 |
1.6 |
31.5 |
2.3 |
34.4 |
1.7 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
32.9 |
1.1 |
32.4 |
1.2 |
32.5 |
1.5 |
32.9 |
2.0 |
36.9 |
2.4 |
Other |
34.4 |
1.8 |
30.4 |
4.4 |
30.5 |
9.0 |
* |
* |
35.6 |
1.9 |
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.