Barriers to health care | Family structure, % | ||
Num. of reasons delayed care, mean | 0.14 | Married couple | 67 |
Has routine place for care, % | 92 | Cohabiting couple | 6 |
No Rx because of cost, % | 3 | Single mother | 16 |
No dentist due to cost (ages 2+), % | 6 | Single father | 2 |
Utilization of health care | Extended married couple | 3 | |
No checkup last 12 mos., % | 25 | Extended cohabiting couple | <1 |
Times to the ER past 12 mos., % | Extended single mother | 4 | |
None | 80 | Extended single father | 1 |
1 visit | 13 | Skipped generation | 1 |
2-3 visits | 5 | Family and caregiver SES | |
4-9 visits | 1 | Family income equivalence, mean | $42,751 |
10-12 visits | <1 | Highest educational attainment, % | |
13+ visits | <1 | Less than high school | 10 |
Health outcomes | High school degree | 24 | |
Global health, % | Some college | 32 | |
Excellent | 56 | Baccalaureate degree | 20 |
Very good | 27 | Post-baccalaureate | 14 |
Good | 15 | Proportion employed, % | 74 |
Fair | 2 | Homeowner, % | 66 |
Poor | <1 | Children’s demographic characteristics | |
Headaches last 12 mos. (ages 3+), % | 6 | Age, mean | 8.5 |
Activity limitation, % | 8 | Male, % | 51 |
Cold last 2 weeks, 1998–2013, % | 18 | Race/Ethnicity, % | |
3+ ear infections last 12 mo., % | 6 | Non-Hispanic white | 61 |
Condition requiring Rx for 3+ mos., % | 13 | Non-Hispanic black | 15 |
Asthma severity, % | Non-Hispanic other | 6 | |
Never diagnosed with asthma | 87 | Mexican American | 13 |
Diagnosed but no attacks in 12 mos. | 7 | Other Hispanic | 6 |
Diagnosed & attack in 12 mos. | 4 | Foreign born, % | 4 |
Diagnosed & hospitalized 12 mos. | 2 | Survey year, mean | 2005 |
Anemia last 12 mos., % | 1 | Region of residence, % | |
Schooling and cognitive outcomes (ages 6+) | Northeast | 17 | |
School days missed last year, mean | 4 | South | 36 |
Learning disability, % | 9 | Midwest | 24 |
ADD/ADHD, % | 8 | West | 22 |
Number children in family, mean | 2.4 | ||
Calendar quarter of interview, % | |||
First quarter | 25 | ||
Second quarter | 25 | ||
Third quarter | 25 | ||
Fourth quarter | 25 | ||
Birth weight, % | |||
≥2,500 grams | 90 | ||
1,500 to 2,499 grams | 7 | ||
<1,500 grams | 3 | ||
N (unweighted): 198,894 |