Table 2.

Unadjusted percentages and 95 % confidence intervals (95 %CI) for health status and health care utilization for children (5–18 years), by parental immigrant subgroup: New Immigrant Survey 2003

		Legalizeda	Mixed-statusb	Refugee	Temp. Res.c	Undoc.d	P
Fair/poor health status	%	4.6	1.9	3.1	1.2	1.8	0.002
	95 %CI	2.8, 6.4	0.6, 3.3	1.1, 5.1	0.4, 1.9	0, 3.8
Activity-limiting health condition	%	4.8	4.9	5.9	2.7	4.2	0.020
	95 %CI	2.7, 6.9	2.8, 6.9	2.8, 9.1	1.4, 4.0	0.7, 7.6
Illness requiring medical attentione	%	8.6	14.1	10.5	10.3	5.4	0.047
	95 %CI	7.8, 12.7	10.3, 17.9	6.5, 14.5	5.9, 11.3	1.2, 9.5
Delayed preventive annual examf	%	7.8	6.5	11.7	18.7	18.2	<0.001
	95 %CI	4.7, 10.9	3.4, 9.4	6.7, 16.6	15.0, 22.3	10.8, 25.5
Delayed dental careg	%	17.0	23.3	29.1	20.1	23.4	0.019
	95 %CI	12.9, 21.0	18.4, 28.2	22.7, 35.4	16.6, 23.5	15.2, 31.7

^aLegalized: children in families with at least one parent who had been undocumented prior to receiving legal status through an immigration regularization program in the 1990s

^bMixed-status: children in families with one US-citizen parent and one non-citizen parent

^cTemporary resident: children in families with at least one parent who had been a temporary resident in the US prior to becoming LPR

^dUndocumented: children whose parent or parents had been undocumented prior to becoming LPR

^eAny illness believed by parents to require medical attention within the 12 months prior to survey administration

^fNo routine health checkups by a physician within the 12 months prior to survey administration

^gNo dental encounters within the 12 months prior to survey administration