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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 6_3_8.3c
Children 0–40 lbs for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using child safety seats when riding in the car, by family income,a United States, 2005
Population group Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 65.6 1.3 63.6 2.5 61.1 2.7 67.3 2.7 69.2 2.6
Age 0–5 66.4 1.4 64.4 2.7 61.4 2.7 68.7 2.8 69.6 2.7
6–17 47.3 5.1 * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 67.4 1.7 65.7 3.4 60.1 3.5 72.7 3.0 69.2 3.4
Female 63.9 1.7 61.9 2.9 62.1 3.5 61.8 3.8 69.2 3.6
Race White, single race 65.7 1.5 64.3 3.4 60.6 3.1 66.6 3.1 69.5 3.0
Black, single race 66.5 3.0 66.3 4.3 67.3 6.1 * * * *
Asian, single race 68.3 5.4 * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 57.8 6.4 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 65.7 1.6 63.5 3.1 58.2 3.7 68.2 3.1 69.0 2.8
Non-Hispanic, White 66.2 1.9 64.1 4.7 57.2 4.8 67.9 3.6 69.6 3.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 66.4 3.1 67.3 4.3 66.5 6.4 * * * *
Hispanic, all races 65.5 2.4 64.0 4.2 66.9 3.3 63.0 4.9 * *
Health insurance Any private 69.0 1.6 * * 61.4 4.4 72.0 2.8 70.5 2.7
Public only 62.2 2.1 65.7 2.7 61.5 3.2 49.1 7.2 * *
Uninsured 52.8 6.6 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan 67.2 1.4 65.2 2.8 64.1 2.8 68.7 3.0 69.4 2.7
  Large central metro 69.2 2.2 63.6 4.5 64.7 4.1 68.6 5.1 79.2 3.8
  Large fringe metro 63.1 3.1 67.5 6.4 * * 66.9 5.4 62.6 4.4
  Medium metro 67.3 3.7 68.6 4.7 67.2 6.0 * * * *
  Small metro 71.4 3.7 * * * * * * * *
Nonmetropolitan 56.5 3.0 56.3 6.1 47.8 5.5 * * * *
  Micropolitan 52.6 3.8 54.9 6.3 * * * * * *
  Noncore 63.5 5.7 * * * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 65.5 1.5 63.6 3.0 58.6 3.4 67.9 2.9 68.9 2.8
Other 66.3 2.8 63.9 4.0 67.9 3.9 64.2 6.6 * *
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 65.4 1.4 63.0 2.5 61.2 2.7 67.1 2.8 69.0 2.7
Fair/poor * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 59.3 3.9 * * * * * * * *
No 66.4 1.4 62.2 2.6 60.7 2.8 70.2 2.7 70.4 2.9

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: 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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