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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 6_4_9.3c
Children 0–40 lbs for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using child safety 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   63.7 1.5 63.1 2.4 64.2 2.5 63.7 2.7 63.8 3.1
Age 0–5 64.1 1.6 64.1 2.5 64.8 2.5 63.3 2.9 64.3 3.1
6–17 51.4 7.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 63.0 1.9 62.1 3.5 65.9 3.1 63.2 3.9 61.1 3.6
Female 64.4 2.0 64.2 3.0 62.4 3.3 64.2 3.4 66.2 4.1
Race White, single race 64.4 1.9 62.6 3.1 63.5 3.0 65.9 3.3 64.9 3.6
Black, single race 61.5 2.8 63.6 4.1 59.0 6.1 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 69.6 6.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 64.2 1.7 62.2 3.1 62.4 3.4 65.4 3.1 65.4 3.2
Non-Hispanic, White 65.8 2.2 59.5 5.0 61.1 4.7 70.0 3.5 67.0 3.7
Non-Hispanic, Black 60.8 2.9 63.3 4.2 58.0 6.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 61.9 2.6 64.9 3.4 68.0 3.7 56.9 6.2 DSU DSU
Health insurance Any private 65.3 2.0 DSU DSU 60.3 5.0 68.2 3.1 64.4 3.1
Public only 62.0 2.0 62.9 2.5 67.3 2.8 50.7 5.5 DSU DSU
Uninsured 56.8 6.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationb Metropolitan 64.5 1.6 64.0 2.9 66.6 2.7 63.6 2.9 64.1 3.3
  Large central metro 64.2 2.5 64.2 4.0 60.8 4.0 69.3 3.6 61.6 5.7
  Large fringe metro 61.1 3.6 DSU DSU 58.8 6.9 57.3 5.9 62.7 5.5
  Medium metro 64.3 3.2 64.5 5.3 68.0 6.4 60.0 6.1 DSU DSU
  Small metro 74.3 4.0 57.8 7.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 59.2 3.3 59.8 5.3 51.9 6.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 56.1 4.4 54.8 6.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore 64.9 5.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 64.8 1.7 62.1 2.8 64.7 3.2 67.7 2.9 64.2 3.3
Other 58.7 3.2 66.8 3.9 62.7 4.6 46.5 7.4 DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 63.9 1.5 63.5 2.4 64.2 2.5 63.8 2.7 64.2 3.1
Fair/poor DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
CSHCN Yes 67.2 3.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
No 63.5 1.6 62.2 2.5 64.6 2.5 64.1 2.9 63.0 3.5

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.