Access to Care Among Rural Minorities: Children.

摘要

An estimated 14.9 million children live in rural areas of the US. For this report, rural is defined as a county that is not part of a metropolitan area. Most of these children (11.8 million) are white, followed by 1.5 million African American children, 1.0 million Hispanic children, and 433,000 children of other races. Non-metro minority children disproportionately live in households characterized by low maternal education and poverty. Moms education: Among young children (ages 0 8), 47.1% of Hispanic children, 27.9% of children of other race, and 23.5% of African American children have mothers who have not completed high school. Among non-metro adolescents (ages 9 17), 52.4% of Hispanic children, 29.9% of African American children, and 13.4% of children of other race have mothers with low education. Poverty: Seven of every ten African American young children (77.2%) living in non-metro areas live in poverty, as do over half (57.8%) of African American adolescents. Six of every ten Hispanic young children (60.5%) live in poverty, as do over half (51.2%) of adolescents. Between three and four of every ten children of other nonwhite race live in poverty (35.1% of young children and 39.5% of adolescents).