The 2000 Iowa Child and Family Household Health Survey - Statewide Results Survey Results

1. Number of respondents by race/age (indicate one or more)


Age 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

0-4

30%

24%

19%

45%

26%

 

9148

156237

3829

9780

179359

5-9.

31%

29%

29%

34%

30%

 

9576

189027

5753

3315

208901

10--14

25%

28%

34%

10%

28%

 

7741

181312

6796

2085

193427

15-17

14%

18%

18%

10%

17%

 

4161

115731

3668

2085

121683

2.  What is the number of children in your family?


No. of children


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

1

12%

20%

22%

17%

19%

 

3580

128590

4350

1614

132937

2

33%

38%

37%

35%

37%

 

10035

243035

7317

3403

260247

3

34%

27%

30%

29%

28%

 

10525

174239

5934

2807

197647

More than 4

21%

15%

12%

20%

16%

 

6456

97085

2446

1956

111836

3.  What is your current marital status?


Marital Status


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Married

79%

81%

53%

97%

80%

 

24078

520789

10544

9438

564806

Divorced

6%

7%

8%

1%

7%

 

1927

46,292

1584

88

48533

Widowed

70%

1%

6%

1%

1%

 

21417

6429

1223

88

8440

Separated

3%

2%

4%

0%

2%

 

765

10287

882

0

11957

Never married

9%

3%

25%

1%

4%

 

2845

18646

5092

88

30245

In a marriage-

3%

6%

4%

1%

6%

like relationship

765

40506

702

88

39389


4. Federal poverty level (calculated based on income and family size).

Poverty level

Latino

White not Latino

African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander

All

< 133% poverty

9%

7%

25%

0%

7%

 

2754

44363

4931

0

51346

133- 200%

22%

17%

23%

7%

17%

poverty

6639

106087

4651

724

119573

> 200% poverty

69%

77%

52%

93%

76%

 

21202

492499

10464

9056

532451

5. What is the highest grade or level of school that you have completed?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

8th grade or less

4%

0%

4%

4%

1%

 

1346

1929

702

421

7034

Some high school

12%

4%

8%

6%

5%

 

3671

24432

1564

587

35169

High school

31%

30%

24%

10%

29%

graduate

9546

189670

4871

1007

203274

Some college/2-yr

28%

36%

44%

23%

35%

degree

8628

230176

8720

2279

244069

4-yr college

15%

20%

17%

28%

20%

graduate

4650

130519

3308

2778

139267

More than 4-yr

9%

10%

4%

28%

11%

degree

2754

66224

862

2699

73854

6. Do you have one person you think of as [child's] personal doctor or nurse?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Yes

84%

91%

87%

94%

90%

 

25608

583155

17460

9183

631626

No

16%

9%

13%

6%

10%

 

4987

59794

2586

597

71744

7. Do you have any kind of health care coverage for [child], including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicaid or Title 19? If so, what type do you use to pay for most of (child's) medical care?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Private insurance

77%

85%

63%

84%

84%

 

23497

548435

12669

8166

587314

Medicaid

11%

9%

30%

15%

10%

 

3304

55294

5974

1447

68227

No insurance

12%

6%

7%

2%

7%

 

3794

39220

1363

166

47829

8. Thinking about how well that health care coverage meets [child's] care needs, how would you rate that health care coverage?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Excellent

32%

31%

29%

21%

31%

 

8569

188965

5450

2057

203214

Very good

29%

36%

28%

37%

35%

 

7710

218643

5282

3519

230178

Good

26%

23%

32%

35%

24%

 

7065

140513

5991

3346

159152

Fair

9%

7%

9%

7%

8%

 

2498

44819

1586

683

50639

Poor

4%

2%

2%

0%

2%

 

994

12719

355

0

14468

9. During the last 12 months, was there any time when you or a health professional thought your child needed medical care of any kind?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Yes

45%

53%

32%

30%

50%

 

13707

337548

6455

2895

352388

No

55%

48%

68%

70%

50%

 

16888

305401

13591

6885

350982

10. In the last 12 months, was there any time when [child] needed medical care but could not get it for any reason?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Yes

3%

3%

N/A

N/A

3%

 

425

9114

   

9514

No

97%

97%

N/A

N/A

97%

 

13282

328434

   

342874

11. In the last 12 months, how much, if at all, have you worried about your ability to pay for [child's] health care?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

A great deal

10%

9%

14%

6%

9%

 

3182

59151

2766

597

66117

Somewhat

13%

12%

8%

13%

12%

 

3947

79083

1564

1271

86515

A little

18%

11%

8%

7%

12%

 

5507

70724

1564

685

81591

Not at all

59%

68%

71%

74%

67%

 

17990

433991

14173

7227

469148

12. In the last 12 months, how many times did [child] go to a hospital emergency room?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

None

71%

69%

55%

85%

69%

 

9718

232571

3570

2455

243500

One

17%

22%

21%

12%

21%

 

2371

72573

1362

350

73649

2 to 4

10%

8%

21%

3%

9%

 

1330

27679

1362

87

29953

5 or more

2%

2%

3%

0%

2%

 

274

5063

168

0

5286

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

13707

337548

6455

2895

352388

13. In general, how would you rate [child's] overall health now?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Excellent

56%

67%

55%

49%

65%

 

17011

432705

10985

4763

455784

Very good

29%

24%

22%

32%

25%

 

8995

155594

4350

3149

176546

Good

14%

7%

21%

19%

9%

 

4161

45649

4190

1868

61897

Fair

1%

1%

3%

0%

1%

 

275

7072

521

0

7737

Poor

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

 

153

1286

0

0

2110

14. Does your child have a special health care need? (from FACCT screening instrument)

 

Latino

White not Latino

African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander

All

Has special

14%

17%

19%

9%

17%

health care need

4283

109944

3809

851

116056

No special health

86%

83%

81%

91%

84%

care need

26312

533005

16237

8929

587314

15. During the past 12 months, has [child] been limited because of [his/her] PHYSICAL health?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

Yes

11%

13%

14%

5%

13%

 

3457

83583

2766

509

87921

No

89%

87%

86%

95%

88%

 

27138

559366

17280

9271

615449

16. About how many hours per week does [child] watch television?

 


Latino


White not Latino


African-American

Asian/Pacific Islander


All

None/rarely/no tv

12%

9%

12%

22%

10%

 

3610

57222

2345

2171

68227

1 to 3 hours

13%

10%

18%

9%

11%

 

3886

57222

3608

910

76667

4 to 6 hours

17%

15%

14%

17%

15%

 

5201

57222

2887

1633

105506

7 to 9 hours

18%

13%

13%

8%

13%

 

5568

57222

2526

812

92141

10 to 14 hours

22%

27%

19%