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Table 238c: Income - Children with special health care needs who were without insurance at some point in the past year, by household income, 2001a
| |
Total |
Poor |
Near poor |
Middle |
High |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
11.6 |
0.3 |
21.8 |
1.1 |
20.3 |
1.0 |
8.8 |
0.5 |
3.9 |
0.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0 - 5 |
13.7 |
0.9 |
18.8 |
2.1 |
21.0 |
2.1 |
11.9 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
1.1 |
| 6-11 |
10.9 |
0.5 |
19.5 |
1.7 |
17.6 |
1.3 |
9.0 |
0.8 |
3.8 |
0.6 |
| 12 - 17 |
11.4 |
0.5 |
26.5 |
2.1 |
22.9 |
2.0 |
7.1 |
0.6 |
3.6 |
0.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
11.6 |
0.5 |
22.2 |
1.4 |
19.6 |
1.3 |
9.0 |
0.7 |
3.7 |
0.5 |
| Female |
11.7 |
0.5 |
21.2 |
1.8 |
21.3 |
1.6 |
8.4 |
0.7 |
4.1 |
0.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
10.4 |
0.3 |
22.2 |
1.5 |
20.0 |
1.1 |
8.3 |
0.5 |
3.6 |
0.4 |
| Black |
13.7 |
1.0 |
18.6 |
2.1 |
15.7 |
2.0 |
11.8 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
1.1 |
| Asian |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| NHOPI |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
* |
* |
19.5 |
4.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| >1 Race |
14.3 |
1.6 |
25.4 |
4.9 |
21.9 |
3.8 |
9.8 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-Hispanic |
10.6 |
0.3 |
19.8 |
1.1 |
19.6 |
1.1 |
8.4 |
0.5 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
| White |
9.7 |
0.3 |
19.5 |
1.3 |
20.1 |
1.1 |
8.1 |
0.6 |
3.5 |
0.4 |
| Black |
13.7 |
1.1 |
19.1 |
2.1 |
15.8 |
2.0 |
11.0 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
1.2 |
| Hispanic |
19.4 |
1.4 |
29.5 |
3.1 |
24.1 |
3.0 |
11.9 |
2.2 |
* |
* |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Parental education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school graduate |
18.6 |
1.4 |
22.6 |
2.3 |
18.8 |
2.8 |
16.0 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
| High school graduate |
12.6 |
0.6 |
16.7 |
1.6 |
18.8 |
1.4 |
9.3 |
0.8 |
5.7 |
1.3 |
| At least some college |
8.6 |
0.4 |
23.4 |
2.0 |
20.9 |
1.4 |
7.6 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
0.3 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Insurance coverage |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Any private |
4.5 |
0.3 |
12.8 |
2.0 |
10.1 |
1.1 |
4.0 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
0.3 |
| Public only |
14.4 |
0.9 |
13.4 |
1.2 |
16.2 |
1.8 |
17.1 |
2.3 |
7.4 |
3.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Residence location |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MSA |
11.4 |
0.4 |
23.1 |
1.5 |
21.3 |
1.4 |
8.5 |
0.6 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
| Non-MSA |
14.2 |
0.8 |
21.1 |
2.1 |
18.7 |
1.7 |
9.8 |
1.3 |
5.9 |
1.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a In the past 12 months / since (his/her) birth [if younger than 12 months], was there any time when (sample child) was not covered by any health insurance? Poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor, 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.
*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area
Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).
Source: National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 
