Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Study Population (N=64 076)

	Children with Special Health Care Needs			Children without Special Health Care Needs
	Unweighted Sample Size, n	Weighted Proportion of Sample (SE)		Unweighted Sample Size, n	Weighted Proportion of Sample (SE)
Age in years
6–11	6199	47.6	(1.0)	21 593	48.8	(0.6)
12–17	8850	52.4	(1.0)	27 434	51.2	(0.6)
Sex
Male	8652	59.1	(0.97)	24 640	48.8	(0.6)
Female	6379	40.9	(0.97)	24 314	51.2	(0.6)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	10 655	61.8	(1.1)	33 134	55.9	(0.6)
Hispanic	1 431	15.3	(1.0)	5 926	20.6	(0.6)
Non-Hispanic Black	1 545	15.8	(0.7)	4 905	14.8	(0.4)
Non-Hispanic Multi-racial	749	4.4	(0.4)	2 027	3.6	(0.2)
Other	457	2.8	(0.4)	2 156	5.1	(0.3)
Household Poverty Status
At or above 400%	5 615	29.0	(0.9)	18 908	30.3	(0.5)
200–399%	4 906	31.3	(1.0)	16 978	32.5	(0.6)
100–199%	2 575	20.1	(0.8)	8 057	21.0	(0.5)
Below 100%	1 953	19.6	(0.8)	5 084	16.6	(0.5)
Region
Northeast	2 738	17.8	(0.7)	8 663	17.1	(0.3)
Midwest	3 629	23.6	(0.7)	11 735	21.7	(0.3)
South	5 342	39.0	(0.9)	16 040	36.3	(0.5)
West	3 349	20.6	(1.1)	12 589	24.9	(0.6)
Family Structure
Two Parent Biological or Adopted	8 846	55.2	(1.0)	33 192	64.9	(0.6)
Two Parent Step Family	1 586	10.8	(0.7)	4 486	10.0	(0.4)
Single Mother	3 234	25.6	(0.9)	7 689	18.4	(0.5)
Other	1 304	8.5	(0.6)	3 344	6.7	(0.3)