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Table 1 Means and percentages of study variables, children aged birth through 17, United States, 1997-2013

From: Family structure and multiple domains of child well-being in the United States: a cross-sectional study

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