Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of children with and without special healthcare needs (SHCN) in pooled data from the 2016 and 2017 National Survey of Children’s Health
| Variables (all values weighted) | Children without SHCN (n 55 507) | Children with SHCN (n 16 304) | F * | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | |||
| Prevalence | 81·2 | 80·6, 81·9 | 18·8 | 18·1, 19·4 | ||
| Age (years) | 8·2 | 8·1, 8·3 | 10·3 | 10·1, 10·4 | 458·8 | <0·001 |
| Female | 50·5 | 49·5, 51·5 | 42·0 | 40·2, 43·9 | 62·4 | <0·001 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 51·5 | 50·5, 52·5 | 51·2 | 49·3, 53·0 | 0·1 | 0·78 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 12·0 | 11·3, 12·7 | 17·8 | 16·1, 19·6 | 46·5 | <0·001 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 11·2 | 10·7, 11·8 | 8·8 | 8·0, 9·7 | 20·7 | <0·001 |
| Hispanic | 25·3 | 24·2, 26·4 | 22·2 | 20·4, 24·2 | 7·0 | 0·008 |
| Income <100 % FPL | 20·2 | 19·3, 21·2 | 25·7 | 23·8, 27·6 | 27·7 | <0·001 |
| Income <200 % FPL | 41·8 | 40·8, 42·8 | 48·0 | 46·2, 49·9 | 32·9 | <0·001 |
| SNAP receipt† | 18·4 | 17·5, 19·3 | 27·5 | 25·6, 29·4 | 80·8 | <0·001 |
| Insured‡ | 91·6 | 90·9, 92·3 | 92·9 | 91·9, 93·9 | 4·2 | 0·04 |
| Unmet care needs§ | 0·8 | 0·6, 1·0 | 5·2 | 4·2, 6·3 | 192·6 | <0·001 |
| Smoking in house‖ | 2·0 | 1·8, 2·3 | 3·4 | 2·7, 4·4 | 14·8 | <0·001 |
FPL, federal poverty level (United States); SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Bold values represent P-value, if P < 0.05.
Stata (version 15.1) utilises design-based F-tests for weighted comparisons.
Any participation in the past year indicated receipt.
Health insurance coverage for all of the past year indicated insured status.
Having any unmet medical or mental healthcare needs in the past year indicated an unmet care need.
If someone living in the child’s household used cigarettes, cigars or pipe tobacco and smoked inside the home, then ‘smoking in house’ was indicated.