Table 1.

Parent, Child, and Visit Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity (n=405)^a

	White, non-Latino (n=123)	Latino (n=199)	African American (n=52)	Asian (n=31)
Parent characteristics
Median age in years (IQR)	37(34–41)	32(27–37)	35(28–41)	37(33–42)
Only mother present	67.5	68.8	59.6	51.6
Education
<9th grade	0.0	5.5	0.0	0.0
Some high school	0.0	19.1	17.3	0.0
High school graduate or some college	52.9	65.8	67.3	45.2
Bachelors degree or greater	47.2	9.6	15.4	54.8
Income
<$20,000	5.5	22.5	35.6	3.2
$20,000–$39,999	8.2	37.9	26.7	9.7
$40,000–$79,999	36.4	32.0	26.7	48.4
≥$80,000	50.0	7.7	11.1	38.7
Child characteristics
Median age in years (IQR)	3.4(1.8–6.8)	4.1(1.3–6.6)	3.5(2.1–7.6)	3.9(1.7–8.7)
Visiting regular physician	75.4	75.4	71.2	71.0
Length of relationship with physician
First visit	22.7	22.2	19.6	22.6
<1 year	11.8	36.9	25.5	35.5
1 to 2 years	16.8	10.6	11.8	9.7
2 to 4 years	21.9	11.1	25.5	16.1
>4 years	26.9	19.2	17.7	16.1
Has chronic or recurrent illness	36.6	28.6	44.2	12.9
Visit characteristics
When child got sick
Today	3.3	6.1	7.7	6.5
One day ago	16.4	25.9	21.2	16.1
2–7 days ago	54.9	52.8	50.0	64.5
More than a week ago	25.4	15.2	21.2	12.9
Parent worry about illness
Not very	17.2	11.6	17.3	6.5
Somewhat	65.6	47.5	40.4	67.7
Very	14.8	29.3	28.9	12.9
Extremely	2.5	11.6	13.5	12.9

	White, non-Latino (n=123)	Latino (n=199)	African American (n=52)	Asian (n=31)
Visit characteristics
Day of week of visit
Monday	13.8	20.6	15.4	25.8
Tuesday	18.7	26.1	34.6	29.0
Wednesday	19.5	15.1	15.4	16.1
Thursday	18.7	16.1	21.2	16.1
Friday	25.2	22.1	13.5	12.9
Saturday	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

^aValue represents percent unless otherwise noted. Some percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.