Forum on Child and Family StatisticsHEALTH5 Disability: Percentage of children ages 5–17 with disability by gender, race and Hispanic origin, and poverty status, 2019–2020 through 2021–2022
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| Characteristic | 2019–2020 | 2021–2022 |
|---|---|---|
| With disability | ||
| Total | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 14.2 | 13.0 |
| Female | 11.3 | 12.2 |
| Race and Hispanic origina | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 13.4 | 13.5 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 13.3 | 13.6 |
| Hispanic | 12.5 | 10.6 |
| Poverty statusb | ||
| Below 100% poverty | 18.9 | 19.7 |
| 100%–199% poverty | 14.6 | 13.5 |
| 200% poverty and above | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Without disability | ||
| Total | 87.2 | 87.4 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 85.8 | 87.0 |
| Female | 88.7 | 87.8 |
| Race and Hispanic origina | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 86.6 | 86.5 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 86.7 | 86.4 |
| Hispanic | 87.5 | 89.4 |
| Poverty statusb | ||
| Below 100% poverty | 81.1 | 80.3 |
| 100%–199% poverty | 85.4 | 86.5 |
| 200% poverty and above | 89.5 | 89.5 |
| a The revised 1997 U.S. Office of Management and Budget standards for race-specific estimates. A person's race is described by one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately but combined for reporting. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Race groups included in the total but not shown separately due to the small sample size for each group are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and "Two or more races." | ||
| b Missing family income data were imputed for 18% of children ages 5–17 in 2019–2022. | ||
| NOTE: The prevalence of children ages 5–17 with disability is based on responses in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) sample child questionnaire. In 2019, the NHIS questionnaire was redesigned, and other changes were made to weighting and design methodology. The redesign also introduced a short set of questions on child disability from the Washington Group on Disability Statistics. The child disability measure is defined by a composite of responses to 13 core functioning domains: (1) seeing; (2) hearing; (3) mobility; (4) self-care; (5) communication; (6) learning; (7) remembering; (8) concentrating; (9) accepting change; (10) controlling behavior; (11) making friends; (12) anxiety; and (13) depression. A child is considered as having disability if their parent reports "a lot of difficulty" or "cannot do at all" to at least one of the first 11 domains or reports "daily" to domains 12 or 13. A child is considered without disability if their parent reports "no difficulty" or "some difficulty" to all the first 11 domains and "never," "a few times a year," "monthly," or "weekly" to domains 12 and 13. For more information on the 2019 NHIS redesign, see https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/about/2019-questionnaire-redesign.html. | ||
| SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey. | ||
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