People without a usual source of care who indicated a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care, by education,a United States, 2003 |
Total | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | ||||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 16.5 | 0.8 | 22.8 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 1.4 | 13.5 | 1.1 | |
Age | 18-44 | 16.9 | 0.9 | 22.9 | 1.9 | 16.6 | 1.6 | 13.6 | 1.2 |
45-64 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 26.3 | 2.7 | 14.0 | 2.1 | 14.4 | 2.2 | |
65 and over | 7.9 | 2.0 | 11.4 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 14.1 | 0.8 | 20.2 | 1.5 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 11.1 | 1.1 |
Female | 20.1 | 1.3 | 27.1 | 2.3 | 19.1 | 2.2 | 16.9 | 1.8 | |
Race | White, single race | 16.4 | 1.0 | 23.4 | 1.7 | 14.8 | 1.6 | 13.2 | 1.2 |
Black, single race | 17.5 | 2.1 | 22.8 | 4.4 | 18.8 | 2.9 | 12.2 | 2.6 | |
Asian, single race | 15.5 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | 16.7 | 3.6 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 15.6 | 0.9 | 23.9 | 2.3 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 13.3 | 1.1 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 15.1 | 1.1 | 25.9 | 3.0 | 12.9 | 1.6 | 12.8 | 1.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 17.6 | 2.1 | 22.7 | 4.5 | 19.0 | 3.0 | 12.3 | 2.6 | |
Hispanic, all races | 19.7 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 1.8 | 20.6 | 2.9 | 14.8 | 2.4 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 26.6 | 2.1 | 27.9 | 2.8 | 23.3 | 3.3 | 28.3 | 4.6 |
Near poor/low | 24.1 | 1.8 | 24.5 | 2.1 | 22.7 | 3.1 | 25.5 | 3.3 | |
Middle | 14.1 | 1.3 | 16.3 | 2.9 | 13.7 | 1.8 | 13.4 | 1.8 | |
High | 8.2 | 1.1 | 19.2 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 1.1 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 9.4 | 0.9 | 14.0 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 1.0 |
Public only | 23.2 | 2.5 | 23.9 | 3.7 | 17.9 | 3.3 | * | * | |
Uninsured | 27.1 | 1.4 | 29.5 | 2.1 | 24.3 | 2.5 | 27.6 | 2.6 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 17.7 | 1.0 | 23.8 | 1.7 | 18.1 | 1.8 | 14.0 | 1.3 |
Metropolitan-small | 16.5 | 1.7 | 26.0 | 3.2 | 13.3 | 2.9 | 13.3 | 2.2 | |
Micropolitan | 11.3 | 1.6 | 12.3 | 3.7 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 13.2 | 2.7 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 12.3 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 15.6 | 0.9 | 24.0 | 2.1 | 14.6 | 1.4 | 12.9 | 1.1 |
Other | 20.1 | 1.5 | 20.9 | 1.7 | 20.8 | 3.0 | 17.8 | 3.0 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 15.7 | 0.9 | 23.8 | 2.2 | 14.6 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 1.2 |
No | 18.9 | 1.3 | 21.4 | 1.6 | 18.9 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 |
a Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.
b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
c See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.