Table 1.

Variable Definitions

Variable	Definition
Health Care Expenditures	Any out-of-pocket payments for child’s health-related needs.
Family Characteristics
MSA	Families reside in a rural or urban setting. (MSA 500,000 threshold)
Home care	Families provided health care at home.
Stopped work	Family member stopped working because of child’s health condition.
Cut work hours	Family member had to cut down on work hours because of child’shealth condition.
Need additional income	Family needed additional income to cover child’s medical expenses.
Family structure	Parental composition of family.
Household education	The highest level of school that anyone in the household completed or the highest degree anyone in the household received. (derived)
Income	Imputed poverty status of child’s household. (derived)
Household language	The primary language spoken in the home.
Child Characteristics
Age	Age of child under the age of 18.
# of health conditions	Number of health conditions of the child.
Severity	A rating of the difficulties caused by child’s health condition.
Survey respondent	Relationship of survey respondent to child. (derived)
Health conditions	Child’s health conditions.
Insurance type	Child’s type of health insurance coverage at interview.
Sex	Gender of the child.
Race	Ethnicity of the child. (derived).
Financial Burden	Whether child’s condition caused financial problems for the family.