TABLE 3.

Frequency Distribution and Odds Ratios (ORs) of General Health, Access and Use of Health Care, and Injury History Among Fifth-Grade Children: Birmingham, AL, Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX; Healthy Passages; 2004–2006

	Never-Homeless Children, %	Ever-Homeless Children, %	Unadjusted ORa (95% CI)
Child's health status
Parent-reported child health status of fair to poor	10	12	1.2 (0.8, 1.9)
At risk for impaired pediatric quality of life	16	21	1.4* (1.1, 1.9)
Health insurance typeb
Private	44	22	Reference outcome
Medicaid	28	49	3.5† (2.5, 4.9)
SCHIP	12	9	1.5 (0.9, 2.4)
Uninsured	13	17	2.6† (1.7, 3.9)
Other	3	4	2.5* (1.3, 4.5)
Usual location of preventive health careb
Doctor's office	70	58	Reference outcome
Clinic, mobile clinic, health center	27	36	1.6† (1.2, 2.2)
Other (school-based clinic, hospital outpatient)	2	3	1.6 (0.8, 3.2)
No usual source of care	2	4	2.3* (1.2, 4.7)
Use of general health care services
Had a well-child visit in past 12 mo	68	71	1.2 (0.9, 1.6)
Had at least 1 emergency department visit in past 12 mo	19	20	1.1 (0.8, 1.5)
Child had serious injury in past 12 mo	14	19	1.5* (1.1, 2.1)

Note. CI = confidence interval; SCHIP = State Children's Health Insurance Program.

^aUnadjusted OR of each outcome for ever-homeless children compared with never-homeless children.

^bMultinomial regression was used; relative risk ratios compared with the base outcome are reported.

*P < .05; †P ≤ .003.