Table 4.

Predicted Number of Visits and Probability of Receiving a Prescription Medication, by Selected Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics, Adjusted for Other Explanatory Variables^†

Variable	Total Office Visits (per Child)	Physician Office Visits (per Child)	Emergency Room Visits (per Child)	Prob. of Prescription Medication (%)
Race/ethnicity
White‡	3.19	2.36	0.17	56.1
Black	1.71**	1.37**	0.14*	43.4**
Hispanic	2.41**	1.86**	0.13**	50.7**
Asian	1.73**	1.48**	0.09**	41.6**
Other	2.48*	1.77*	0.13	47.9
Family income
Poor‡	2.55	1.91	0.17	51.3
Low income	2.61	1.96	0.17	49.6
Middle income	2.83*	2.13**	0.14**	53.4
High income	3.08**	2.31**	0.14**	55.3**
Insurance
Uninsured‡	1.65	1.26	0.13	41.9
Public	3.11**	2.29**	0.16**	55.8**
Private	2.88**	2.17**	0.15*	53.4**
Maternal education
No high school‡	1.91	1.59	0.12	47.2
Some high school	2.27**	1.83*	0.16**	50.4*
High school graduate	2.53**	1.97**	0.15	51.0*
Some college	2.99**	2.14**	0.17**	54.1**
College graduate	3.43**	2.50**	0.14	56.4**
Maternal age
21 or younger‡	2.34	1.59	0.20	45.6
22–29	2.33	1.81*	0.18	49.3
30–39	2.72	2.09**	0.15*	52.7**
40–49	3.24**	2.37**	0.14**	55.1**
50 or older	3.70**	2.65**	0.15*	52.6*
Birth order
First born	3.06	2.31	0.15	54.8
Second born	2.60**	1.96**	0.16	50.6**
Third born	2.51**	1.84**	0.16	49.3**
Fourth born or higher	2.18**	1.67**	0.18	50.9*

^†Predicted values are adjusted for all the other explanatory variables in the model.

^‡Comparison category for the variable.

^*.01< p <.05 for test of difference with the comparison category.

^**p <.01 for test of difference with the comparison category.

Note: All results are annualized.