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2012 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Child Safety

In the past month, has (CHILD) been home alone for more than one hour without
the supervision of an adult or a child 13 or older?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 728 35 2.8 1.8- 4.3 693 97.2 95.7-98.2
GENDER
Male 362 19 2.5 1.4- 4.5 343 97.5 95.5-98.6
Female 366 16 3.0 1.5- 5.8 350 97.0 94.2-98.5
RACE
White 458 28 4.0 2.4- 6.5 430 96.0 93.5-97.6
African American 137 *** *** *** 134 98.8 96.0-99.6
Other Minorities 131 *** *** *** 127 99.2 97.1-99.8
HISPANIC
Yes 85 *** *** *** 82 98.8 95.2-99.7
No 642 32 2.9 1.8- 4.6 610 97.1 95.4-98.2
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 272 *** *** *** 272 100 . - .
5 through 10 345 *** *** *** 335 98.3 96.3-99.2
11 through 12 111 25 15.0 8.4-25.4 86 85.0 74.6-91.6
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 *** *** *** 161 98.5 92.3-99.7
Some College 165 *** *** *** 161 99.0 96.3-99.7
College Graduate 399 29 4.6 2.9- 7.2 370 95.4 92.8-97.1
SCHOOL
Public School 418 29 4.1 2.5- 6.7 389 95.9 93.3-97.5
Private/Home 76 *** *** *** 71 94.5 85.7-98.0
GRADE
Not In School 293 *** *** *** 293 100 . - .
K-5th 346 13 2.1 1.1- 4.0 333 97.9 96.0-98.9
6th-8th 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 356 20 3.3 1.9- 5.7 336 96.7 94.3-98.1
Public 286 *** *** *** 280 98.7 95.6-99.6
Other 52 *** *** *** 46 92.8 81.6-97.4
No health insurance 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 152 13 4.4 2.1- 8.8 139 95.6 91.2-97.9
No 569 22 2.4 1.3- 4.2 547 97.6 95.8-98.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology, results from 2011 and 2012 are NOT comparable to results from 2010 and earlier.

***This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards; see N.C. CHAMP Technical Notes for more details

1Asked of children ages 0 to 12 years

2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

39th-12th grade includes those in college or other post high school education.

4Health Insurance categories: PRIVATE = State Employee Health Plan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC, or other private health insurance plan purchased from an employer or directly from insurance company.
PUBLIC = Medicaid, Carolina ACCESS, Health Check, or NC Health Choice. OTHER = the military, CHAMPUS, TRI CARE, Indian Health Servcies or other type not otherwise listed.

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