Table 2.
Characteristics of households with children aged <18 years and prevalence of households with children who missed, skipped, or delayed a preventive checkup in the last 12 months, overall and by sociodemographic and household characteristics, April 14–May 10, 2021 a
| Characteristic | Households with children |
Missed or delayed preventive visit because of COVID-19 pandemic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % (95% CI) b | No. | % (95% CI) b | P value c | |
| Overall | 48 824 | 100.0 | 10 742 | 26.4 (25.5-27.2) | |
| Characteristics of adult respondents d | |||||
| Race and ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander | 3318 | 6.0 (5.6-6.4) | 697 | 29.3 (24.4-34.2) | .03 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 4439 | 14.7 (14.2-15.3) | 798 | 24.3 (22.1-26.5) | |
| Hispanic | 6350 | 20.6 (19.9-21.3) | 1292 | 26.6 (24.2-28.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 32 648 | 54.7 (54.0-55.4) | 7443 | 26.1 (25.3-27.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic other/multirace | 2069 | 4.0 (3.7-4.2) | 512 | 31.6 (27.9-35.3) | |
| Education | |||||
| ≤High school degree/GED | 7004 | 40.2 (39.5-40.9) | 1032 | 22.4 (20.3-24.5) | <.001 |
| Some college/associate’s degree | 14 846 | 29.2 (28.6-29.8) | 3136 | 27.7 (26.5-28.8) | |
| ≥Bachelor’s degree | 26 974 | 30.6 (30.1-31.1) | 6574 | 29.4 (28.7-30.2) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 33 844 | 60.7 (59.8-61.6) | 7848 | 27.6 (26.6-28.6) | .001 |
| Not married | 14 690 e | 39.3 (38.4-40.2) | 2859 e | 24.3 (22.6-26.0) | |
| Health insurance | |||||
| Private | 26 576 | 58.2 (57.2-59.2) | 7729 | 26.9 (26.0-27.7) | .06 |
| Any public | 9254 | 29.4 (28.4-30.3) | 2379 | 26.6 (24.7-28.4) | |
| None | 2425 e | 11.3 (10.6-12.1) | 558 e | 23.2 (20.3-26.2) | |
| Serving in US Armed Forces or National Guard | |||||
| Yes | 965 | 1.7 (1.5-1.9) | 252 | 30.9 (25.0-36.9) | .11 |
| No | 47 553 e | 98.3 (98.1-98.5) | 10 452 e | 26.3 (25.4-27.2) | |
| Household characteristics | |||||
| No. of children | |||||
| 1 | 22 424 | 45.6 (44.8-46.5) | 3920 | 20.7 (19.2-22.2) | <.001 |
| 2 | 17 187 | 33.6 (32.8-34.3) | 4254 | 29.8 (28.5-31.2) | |
| 3-5 | 9213 e | 20.8 (20.2-21.5) | 2568 | 33.4 (31.5-35.3) | |
| % Federal poverty level f | |||||
| ≤138% | 4846 | 24.2 (23.4-24.9) | 1357 | 26.0 (23.7-28.3) | .63 |
| >139%-200% | 3872 | 15.4 (14.6-16.2) | 1091 | 27.8 (25.4-30.2) | |
| >201%-400% | 8590 | 25.3 (24.5-26.2) | 2543 | 27.5 (25.4-29.7) | |
| >400% | 16 787 e | 35.1 (34.2-36.0) | 4892 e | 27.0 (26.0-27.9) | |
| Caught up on rent/mortgage | |||||
| Yes | 33 224 | 87.9 (86.9-89.0) | 9342 | 26.0 (25.1-26.9) | .001 |
| No | 3190 e | 12.1 (11.0-13.1) | 1101 e | 30.6 (27.8-33.4) | |
| Difficulty paying usual household expenses, last 7 days | |||||
| Not at all/a little difficult | 34 913 | 67.1 (65.9-68.3) | 7765 | 23.9 (23.0-24.8) | <.001 |
| Very/somewhat difficult | 10 985 e | 32.9 (31.7-34.1) | 2970 e | 31.8 (29.8-33.8) | |
| Children not eating enough because of lack of affordability, last 7 days | |||||
| Never true | 38 788 | 88.3 (87.2-89.3) | 9649 | 25.0 (24.3-25.7) | <.001 |
| Often/sometimes true | 3006 e | 11.7 (10.7-12.8) | 1074 e | 37.6 (33.2-41.9) | |
| No. of hardships g | |||||
| 0 | 33 349 | 62.9 (61.6-64.1) | 7322 | 23.5 (22.7-24.3) | <.001 |
| 1 | 8692 | 24.4 (23.2-25.6) | 2037 | 28.8 (26.9-30.7) | |
| 2 or 3 | 3809 e | 12.7 (11.7-13.8) | 1383 | 35.1 (31.9-38.2) | |
Abbreviation: GED, general education development.
Data source: US Census Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.1, April 14–May 10, 2021. 13
Observations are unweighted; percentages are weighted.
Significant at P < .05 using the Pearson χ2 test of independence.
Data on sociodemographic characteristics were only collected for the adult respondent, not for the children in the household.
Total observations do not add up to overall total because of missing data (respondent did not answer the relevant survey item[s]). Percentages are calculated based on nonmissing data.
Calculated using reported 2019 household income.
Sum of the 3 hardships (caught up on rent/mortgage, difficulty paying usual household expenses, children not eating enough).