Table 1
Level of Neighborhood Safety of Children and Adolescents , 2003
	Never Safe	Sometimes Safe	Never or Sometimes Safe	Usually Safe	Always Safe
Total	3.0	13.2	16.2	33.8	50.0
Gender
Male	2.8	12.7	15.5	33.3	51.2
Female	3.2	13.7	16.9	34.2	48.8
Age
0 to 5	3.9	13.3	17.2	30.0	52.9
6 to 11	2.9	13.7	16.6	35.0	48.5
12 to 17	2.3	12.7	15.0	36.2	48.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	1.2	7.2	8.3	38.7	53.0
Non-Hispanic black	6.2	24.9	31.1	26.1	42.8
Hispanic	6.7	23.5	30.2	23.4	46.4
Other	3.0	16.4	19.4	32.2	48.4
Poverty level
Less than 100% of poverty level	7.3	23.0	30.3	22.9	46.8
100 to 200% of poverty level	4.2	18.2	22.4	29.9	47.7
200% and above the poverty level	1.2	7.7	8.9	39.5	51.6
Family Structure
Two biological/adoptive parents	2.1	10.3	12.4	35.8	51.7
One biological parent/one stepparent	2.0	12.0	14.0	34.4	51.7
Single mother	5.7	21.2	26.9	29.8	43.3
Parental Education
Less than a high school degree	6.8	26.7	33.6	17.5	49.0
High school degree	4.6	18.6	23.2	26.7	50.1
More than a high school degree	1.9	9.5	11.4	38.6	50.0
Nativity
Foreign-born	4.1	19.2	23.3	28.2	48.5
Native-born with foreign born parent	5.5	22.2	27.7	25.7	46.6
Native born with native born parents	2.3	10.8	13.1	36.2	50.2
People in neighborhood help each other out
Definitely agree	1.1	5.3	6.4	28.5	65.1
Somewhat agree	1.9	15.1	17.0	40.7	42.3
Somewhat disagree	6.0	26.0	32.0	37.2	30.8
Definitely disagree	16.2	30.3	46.5	21.8	31.6
Note: Estimates of neighborhood safety and whether people in the neighborhood help each other out and are based on parents' reports.  Source: Child Trends’ original analyses of data from the 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health.