Table 1.

Means and percentages of study variables, children aged birth through 17, United States, 1997-2013

Barriers to health care		Family structure, %
Num. of reasons delayed care, mean	0.14	Married couple	67
Has routine place for care, %	92	Cohabiting couple	6
No Rx because of cost, %	3	Single mother	16
No dentist due to cost (ages 2+), %	6	Single father	2
Utilization of health care		Extended married couple	3
No checkup last 12 mos., %	25	Extended cohabiting couple	<1
Times to the ER past 12 mos., %		Extended single mother	4
None	80	Extended single father	1
1 visit	13	Skipped generation	1
2-3 visits	5	Family and caregiver SES
4-9 visits	1	Family income equivalence, mean	$42,751
10-12 visits	<1	Highest educational attainment, %
13+ visits	<1	Less than high school	10
Health outcomes		High school degree	24
Global health, %		Some college	32
Excellent	56	Baccalaureate degree	20
Very good	27	Post-baccalaureate	14
Good	15	Proportion employed, %	74
Fair	2	Homeowner, %	66
Poor	<1	Children’s demographic characteristics
Headaches last 12 mos. (ages 3+), %	6	Age, mean	8.5
Activity limitation, %	8	Male, %	51
Cold last 2 weeks, 1998–2013, %	18	Race/Ethnicity, %
3+ ear infections last 12 mo., %	6	Non-Hispanic white	61
Condition requiring Rx for 3+ mos., %	13	Non-Hispanic black	15
Asthma severity, %		Non-Hispanic other	6
Never diagnosed with asthma	87	Mexican American	13
Diagnosed but no attacks in 12 mos.	7	Other Hispanic	6
Diagnosed & attack in 12 mos.	4	Foreign born, %	4
Diagnosed & hospitalized 12 mos.	2	Survey year, mean	2005
Anemia last 12 mos., %	1	Region of residence, %
Schooling and cognitive outcomes (ages 6+)		Northeast	17
School days missed last year, mean	4	South	36
Learning disability, %	9	Midwest	24
ADD/ADHD, %	8	West	22
		Number children in family, mean	2.4
		Calendar quarter of interview, %
		First quarter	25
		Second quarter	25
		Third quarter	25
		Fourth quarter	25
		Birth weight, %
		≥2,500 grams	90
		1,500 to 2,499 grams	7
		<1,500 grams	3
N (unweighted): 198,894