Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample by health condition*
| Characteristic | Asthma N=12.0% |
ADHD N=5.3% |
Parental Depression N=1.8% |
Full Sample N=100% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Age (SE)† | 9.8 (0.05) | 11.6 (0.06) | 9.1 (0.13) | 8.5 (0.02) |
| Male (%)† | 60.0 | 73.4 | 48.7 | 51.2 |
| Race (%)† | ||||
| White | 59.9 | 74.2 | 46.0 | 62.5 |
| Black | 19.1 | 13.0 | 24.4 | 14.5 |
| Hispanic | 14.6 | 9.5 | 23.0 | 16.8 |
| Alaskan/Native American | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| Asian | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| Other | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| Single Parent Family (%)† | 35.4 | 37.6 | 67.6 | 27.7 |
| Maternal Education (%)† | ||||
| ≤ High School | 16.0 | 14.5 | 35.8 | 16.9 |
| High School | 28.9 | 29.8 | 31.7 | 28.0 |
| > High School | 55.1 | 55.7 | 32.4 | 55.1 |
| Family Income (%)† | ||||
| <100% FPL | 19.9 | 17.9 | 50.3 | 16.9 |
| 100–200% FPL | 21.9 | 21.7 | 29.1 | 21.9 |
| 200–400% FPL | 32.2 | 34.4 | 15.4 | 33.9 |
| >400% FPL | 26.0 | 26.0 | 5.2 | 27.3 |
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| Insurance (%)† | ||||
| Public | 28.8 | 29.7 | 51.9 | 22.9 |
| None | 8.3 | 8.7 | 17.6 | 10.8 |
| Private | 62.9 | 61.6 | 30.4 | 66.3 |
*
Children in the sample 0–18 years old were weighted to reflect the complex sampling scheme of the NHIS. Children with asthma and ADHD were identified by parent report. Parental depressive symptoms were measured by questions assessing sadness, hopelessness, or worthlessness over the past 30 days among adult household members.
†
Differences between children with parental depressive symptoms, asthma, and ADHD that were statistically significant, p<0.05, by non-overlap of 95% CI.