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2006 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Family Involvement

Do you usually prepare a lunch for (CHILD) to take to school?***

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,020 553 28.3 26.0-30.8 1,467 71.7 69.2-74.0
GENDER
Male 1,045 281 28.1 24.8-31.6 764 71.9 68.4-75.2
Female 975 272 28.6 25.3-32.1 703 71.4 67.9-74.7
RACE
White 1,413 469 35.7 32.8-38.8 944 64.3 61.2-67.2
African American 377 37 11.1 7.8-15.5 340 88.9 84.5-92.2
Other Minorities 228 47 23.0 16.6-30.8 181 77.0 69.2-83.4
HISPANIC
Yes 167 30 15.3 10.1-22.6 137 84.7 77.4-89.9
No 1,847 520 29.1 26.6-31.6 1,327 70.9 68.4-73.4
AGE GROUPS
5 through 10 719 263 35.6 31.5-39.9 456 64.4 60.1-68.5
11 through 13 530 142 27.0 22.6-31.8 388 73.0 68.2-77.4
14 through 17 771 148 20.5 17.3-24.3 623 79.5 75.7-82.7
PARENT EDUCATION
Less H.S. 119 11 7.8 3.7-15.9 108 92.2 84.1-96.3
H.S. 437 51 10.3 7.5-14.1 386 89.7 85.9-92.5
Some College 511 117 23.0 18.8-27.8 394 77.0 72.2-81.2
College Graduate 951 374 41.3 37.6-45.2 577 58.7 54.8-62.4
SCHOOL
Public 1,869 466 25.8 23.5-28.3 1,403 74.2 71.7-76.5
Private/Home 151 87 59.2 49.4-68.3 64 40.8 31.7-50.6
GRADE
K-5th 801 292 35.4 31.5-39.4 509 64.6 60.6-68.5
6th-8th 532 130 25.2 20.9-30.0 402 74.8 70.0-79.1
9th-12th* 687 131 20.3 16.8-24.3 556 79.7 75.7-83.2
HEALTH INSURANCE
State Health Plan 135 42 31.0 22.5-40.9 93 69.0 59.1-77.5
Private 1,102 384 36.8 33.4-40.3 718 63.2 59.7-66.6
Health Choice 113 15 14.3 7.8-25.0 98 85.7 75.0-92.2
Medicaid 332 31 10.4 6.9-15.3 301 89.6 84.7-93.1
Other 148 52 35.8 26.7-46.0 96 64.2 54.0-73.3
No health insurance 171 23 13.4 8.3-21.0 148 86.6 79.0-91.7
CHILDREN WITH SHCN**
Yes 510 131 26.1 21.7-31.1 379 73.9 68.9-78.3
No 1,469 408 28.7 25.9-31.5 1,061 71.3 68.5-74.1

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*Includes those in college or other post high school education
**SHCN=Children with Special Health Care Needs

***These data are for children in 1st grade or higher and enrolled in public or private school.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. 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.

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