Table 1.

Characteristics of children: 2016-2020 NSCH (Weighted %)

Variables	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Age group (in years)
2-5	24.43	24.34	24.25	24.33	24.34
6-8	18.95	18.72	18.28	18.02	17.95
9-11	18.85	19.11	19.45	19.39	19.17
12-15	25.20	25.13	25.29	25.67	26.08
16-17	12.58	12.69	12.73	12.58	12.46
Sex
Female	48.96	48.85	48.89	48.86	48.92
Male	51.04	51.15	51.11	51.14	51.08
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	51.88	50.68	50.24	49.95	49.80
Non-Hispanic black	12.86	13.96	13.62	13.58	13.38
Hispanics	24.59	25.19	25.50	25.74	25.96
Asian Americans	4.61	4.41	4.63	4.65	4.64
Other	6.06	5.75	6.00	6.07	6.22
Family income
High	56.34	57.12	58.40	59.88	60.33
Low	43.66	42.88	41.60	40.12	39.67
Parents' highest education
less than high school	9.47	9.03	10.12	9.67	9.67
High school	19.73	20.23	19.39	19.14	19.68
Some college	22.57	22.23	21.91	21.94	20.47
College or above	48.23	48.51	48.58	49.24	50.19
Insurance type
No insurance coverage	6.18	6.34	6.70	6.86	7.32
Public insurance	31.70	30.98	30.82	29.19	29.44
Private	57.71	57.63	58.49	59.14	58.22
Both	4.41	5.05	3.98	4.81	5.02
Medical home
Yes	48.26	47.95	48.01	46.93	45.76
No	51.74	52.05	51.99	53.07	54.24

NSCH: National Survey of Children’s Health