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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2017 Feb 7;60(3):276–284. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22692

Table I. Descriptive Statistics (Mean [sd]) of the Variables by PPSL(2011–2015, NHIS).

PPSL

No Yes
Children who received annual flu vaccination per year (%) 44.49 (0.005) 49.10 (0.005)
Children who received annual well-child checkup per year (%) 80.36 (0.004) 84.91 (0.004)
Children who received delayed care due to time mismatch/year (%) 5.87 (0.002) 4.01 (0.002)
Children taken to ER per year (%) 0.61 (0.001) 0.18 (0.000)
Average number of ER visits per child per year 0.30 (0.008) 0.21 (0.006)
Control variables
 Sampled children
  Sex: male (%) 50.69 (0.005) 51.40 (0.004)
  Age (in years) 8.47 (0.050) 8.62 (0.043)
  Access to health insurance (%) 94.61(0.002) 98.60(0.001)
 Parents
  Sex: male (%) 39.37 (0.004) 45.19(0.004)
  Age (in years) 36.54 (0.087) 39.42 (0.084)
  Race/ethnicity (%)
   Non-hispanic white 53.19 61.75
   Non-hispanic black 9.89 10.85
   Hispanic 28.61 16.85
   Non-hispanic other 8.3 10.55
  Education (%)
   Less than a high school diploma 12.22 3.34
   High school diploma or GED 21.44 11.55
   Some college or diploma 36.05 30.17
   Bachelor's degree or higher 30.29 54.94
  Job classification (%): paid hourly 69.35(0.005) 49.53 (0.005)
 Families
  Spouse/partner living with the family (%) 74.00 (0.004) 80.70(0.004)
  Number of family members working full time per family 1.10 (0.007) 1.38 (0.006)
  Number of children (aged under18) per family 2.43 (0.013) 2.26 (0.011)
  Number of older adults (aged over 64) per family 0.03 (0.002) 0.03 (0.002)
  Income
   Poor (100% or less than the federal poverty level) 21.7 5.60
   Near poor (between100% and 200% of the poverty level) 24.71 15.13
   Not poor 53.59 79.27
  Region
   Northeast 13.00 17.21
   Midwest 25.54 23.78
   South 36.42 36.39
   West 25.03 22.62