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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 6_4_10.3c
Children 41–80 lbs for whom a health provider gave advice about using booster seats when riding in a car, by family income,a United States, 2006
    Total Negative/poor  Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   43.4 1.4 41.0 2.8 36.9 2.1 41.5 2.7 51.7 3.0
Age 0–5 55.4 2.5 57.5 4.0 53.0 4.6 54.8 4.6 56.4 5.2
6–17 39.5 1.5 34.0 3.1 32.2 2.6 36.6 2.9 50.4 3.1
Gender Male 43.4 1.8 40.1 3.6 35.8 3.0 43.7 3.6 50.2 3.8
Female 43.5 1.9 42.1 3.9 37.9 2.8 39.1 3.5 53.2 3.9
Race White, single race 44.8 1.8 42.4 3.6 34.3 2.6 43.9 3.2 53.3 3.4
Black, single race 37.0 3.2 37.8 4.8 44.7 5.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races 41.9 6.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 44.0 1.7 37.4 3.6 36.4 3.0 42.0 3.2 52.6 3.1
Non-Hispanic, White 45.9 2.2 35.8 5.4 31.4 4.0 45.5 3.8 54.5 3.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 37.1 3.4 38.4 5.0 44.4 5.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 41.5 2.5 48.5 3.6 37.8 3.4 39.4 5.2 DSU DSU
Health insurance Any private 46.4 1.9 DSU DSU 39.5 3.8 43.0 3.2 52.3 3.2
Public only 37.2 2.2 40.7 3.3 35.7 3.2 32.2 4.7 DSU DSU
Uninsured 41.7 5.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationb Metropolitan 45.1 1.6 44.3 3.1 39.6 2.4 41.7 3.2 52.4 3.1
  Large central metro 43.1 2.6 44.9 3.9 39.3 3.9 38.8 5.0 49.1 5.5
  Large fringe metro 46.4 2.9 DSU DSU 39.1 5.1 41.3 5.6 53.6 4.8
  Medium metro 43.5 3.7 43.2 5.8 38.5 5.1 43.0 6.4 DSU DSU
  Small metro 52.2 3.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 33.9 3.3 29.2 6.1 23.8 5.5 40.4 5.1 DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 28.5 3.5 26.2 7.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore 45.9 6.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 44.8 1.6 40.3 3.3 37.7 2.7 43.2 3.1 52.4 3.2
Other 35.7 3.0 42.9 5.0 34.4 3.9 29.3 4.9 DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 43.5 1.5 40.9 2.8 36.5 2.2 41.5 2.8 52.0 3.0
Fair/poor DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
CSHCN Yes 40.1 2.7 42.1 4.9 34.5 5.5 42.3 5.2 40.0 5.4
No 44.2 1.5 40.7 3.3 37.5 2.4 41.5 2.9 54.5 3.4

a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.

DSU - 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.