Table 194B_b Children whose parents report that their child's providers usually 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 |
|
18.3 |
0.7 |
18.2 |
0.8 |
18.1 |
1.0 |
16.0 |
1.8 |
18.9 |
1.4 |
Age |
0-5 |
17.7 |
1.0 |
17.3 |
1.2 |
17.5 |
1.4 |
14.8 |
2.6 |
19.0 |
1.6 |
6-17 |
18.7 |
0.9 |
18.6 |
1.0 |
18.4 |
1.1 |
16.6 |
1.9 |
18.9 |
1.8 |
Gender |
Male |
17.5 |
0.9 |
17.2 |
1.1 |
17.1 |
1.2 |
15.4 |
2.3 |
18.8 |
1.7 |
Female |
19.1 |
1.0 |
19.1 |
1.1 |
19.1 |
1.3 |
16.5 |
2.0 |
19.1 |
1.9 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
20.5 |
1.5 |
20.3 |
1.9 |
20.0 |
2.9 |
18.0 |
2.4 |
20.9 |
2.1 |
Near poor/low |
17.7 |
1.5 |
17.9 |
2.0 |
20.1 |
2.6 |
12.9 |
3.2 |
17.2 |
1.8 |
Middle |
19.3 |
1.4 |
19.6 |
1.6 |
19.4 |
1.7 |
20.5 |
4.2 |
17.7 |
3.2 |
High |
16.4 |
1.3 |
16.0 |
1.3 |
15.5 |
1.4 |
* |
* |
20.9 |
4.5 |
Health insurance |
Any private |
17.9 |
0.9 |
18.0 |
1.0 |
18.0 |
1.1 |
13.4 |
2.3 |
17.9 |
2.4 |
Public only |
19.2 |
1.1 |
19.3 |
1.5 |
19.8 |
2.0 |
17.3 |
2.3 |
19.0 |
1.4 |
Uninsured |
17.7 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
24.8 |
4.3 |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
17.6 |
0.9 |
16.6 |
1.0 |
16.3 |
1.3 |
15.3 |
2.0 |
21.3 |
1.7 |
Metropolitan-small |
19.9 |
1.6 |
20.7 |
1.9 |
20.6 |
2.2 |
14.4 |
4.2 |
15.4 |
2.9 |
Micropolitan |
17.0 |
2.1 |
18.2 |
2.3 |
19.2 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
19.1 |
2.7 |
19.4 |
2.8 |
17.7 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
20.5 |
1.5 |
20.6 |
1.6 |
21.4 |
2.0 |
16.5 |
3.1 |
19.8 |
3.3 |
No |
17.5 |
0.8 |
17.2 |
0.9 |
16.8 |
1.0 |
15.8 |
1.9 |
18.5 |
1.4 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
18.0 |
0.8 |
18.1 |
0.9 |
18.1 |
1.0 |
16.1 |
1.8 |
17.4 |
2.0 |
Other |
20.4 |
1.6 |
20.4 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
20.4 |
1.8 |
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.