Children with Disability / Limited Ability
This indicator reports the percentage of children limited or prevented in their ability to do the things most children of the same age can do because of medical, behavioral, or other health condition. Data are acquired from the 2023 topical data of the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).
Source
Source Description
The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), funded and directed by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), is designed to provide annual national and state-level information on the health and well-being of children ages 0-17 years in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau administers the survey, oversees the sampling, and produces a final data set of survey results. HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) develops survey content in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau and a Technical Expert Panel. The Technical Expert Panel consists of experts in survey methodology and children’s health, federal and state stakeholders, clinicians and researchers. In 2016, the NSCH underwent a significant redesign which combined content from both the NSCH and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). Further information on that redesign can be found in “The Design and Implementation of the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health”. The NSCH is conducted as a household survey, and one child per household is selected to be the subject for the detailed age-specific questionnaire. The respondent to this questionnaire is a parent or guardian who is living in the home and has knowledge of the sampled child. Survey participants complete either web-based or self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires. Data from the NSCH is used for scientific research, federal policy and program development, and state-level planning and performance reporting. Information is collected on factors related to the health and well-being of children, including access to and utilization of health care, receipt of care in a medical home, systems of care for CSHCN, family interactions, parental health, school and after-school experiences, and neighborhood characteristics. More information about the survey can be found in the “About the National Survey of Children’s Health” and HRSA’s MCHB website.
Methodology
Percentages of children age 0-17 (in total and by race/ethnicity) unable to do things other children can do as a result of health conditions are calculated based on data from the 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). The variables selected according to the definition are SC_K2Q16 (SC Limited Ability) and SC_K2Q17 (SC Limited Ability from Health Conditions) based on the screener questionnaire question 9 (part 1 and 2). The numerator is all responding “Yes” to SC_K2Q17 while the denominmator is all responders of the 2022 NSCH (including the missing ones or legitimate skip for the part 2 question). Sub-groups with a sample size less than 30 are suppressed from data presentation. For more information on the data reported in the 2022 NSCH, please see the 2022 NSCH Data Users FAQs or visit the Census Bureau’s NSCH Datasets Page.
Data Breakouts Available
- Percent of Children Limited in Ability, by Race
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