Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics, Potential and Realized Access, and Primary Care Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity (N =2,714)

	Asian/Pacific Islander	African American	Latino	White
Variables	N =938	N =321	N =1,059	N =396
Demographics
Non-English language	23.8**	0.1	74.0**	2.2
Maternal education
Less than high school	16.0	17.7**	64.8**	7.3
High school or some college	43.1**	66.0	29.3*	62.1
College grad or beyond	40.9**	16.3**	5.9**	30.6
Chronic condition	15.5	16.2	9.4**	18.7
Financial access†
Insurance: no, no	2.4	1.7	23.2**	2.0
Insurance: no, yes	6.5	7.6**	13.7**	5.0
Insurance: yes, no	3.8	7.3	7.8**	3.1
Insurance: yes, yes	84.6	81.1**	54.3**	90.0
Potential access†
Regular doctor: no, no	18.4**	13.6**	37.5**	9.8
Regular doctor: no, yes	14.6**	12.9	16.6**	9.5
Regular doctor: yes, no	12.3**	9.9	12.2**	7.8
Regular doctor: yes, yes	54.2**	62.3**	32.9**	72.4
Realized access
Foregone care	5.4	6.4	9.7**	6.4
Primary care [mean (SE)]
Time 1 P3C total score	62.1 (0.7) **	69.0 (1.2)	57.0 (0.9)**	68.7 (1.0)
Time 2 P3C total score	66.9 (0.8)**	69.6 (1.4)	60.5 (0.9)**	69.5 (1.1)
Time 2 accessibility	71.0 (0.8)**	74.7 (1.4)*	62.4 (0.8)***	78.3 (0.9)
Time 2 continuity	57.9 (1.2)***	67.9 (1.7)	47.3 (1.1)***	71.2 (1.5)
Time 2 communication	76.5 (0.8)**	79.9 (1.4)	74.5 (.08)***	80.6 (1.1)
Time 2 accumulated knowledge	69.9 (0.9)	69.1 (1.6)	59.8 (1.0)***	67.2 (1.3)
Time 2 comprehensiveness	58.6 (0.9)**	59.5 (1.7)**	56.8 (1.0)	53.6 (1.5)
Time 2 coordination	62.9 (1.2)	68.3 (2.0)	57.9 (1.2)***	65.2 (1.8)

^*p <.05

^**p <.01

^***p <.001 for the difference in percent or mean score for racial/ethnic minority group compared to white

^†no, no=insurance (regular doctor) at neither time; no, yes=insurance (regular doctor) at Time 2 only; yes, no=insurance (regular doctor) at Time 1 only; yes, yes=insurance (regular doctor) at both times

P3C, Parent's Perceptions of Primary Care.