About 1.3 percent of children had mobility limitations and 0.9 percent had self-care limitations. Boys are more likely than girls to have difficulty performing each of the four types of everyday activities. A child's difficulty in performing one or more everyday activities is associated with his or her family's socioeconomic circumstances. The socioeconomic status among families of children with difficulties performing everyday activities may impact the equipment available or services these children receive. The following chart shows the percent of children in different socioeconomic groups who have problems in everyday activities.
Parental education is defined as the highest education of an adult in the family.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey on Disability . Children in families with lower socioeconomic status were more likely than children in families with higher socioeconomic status to have difficulty performing everyday activities. In households where neither parent was a high school graduate, 15.5 percent of children had difficulty performing everyday activities, compared with 10.3 percent of children who had at least one parent with some college education. In families with incomes below the poverty level, 18.1 percent of children had difficulty performing everyday activities, compared with 10.9 percent in families at or above the poverty level. Additional data can be found in a related report .