Adults whose providers always explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||||
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Total | All races | White | Black | ||||||||
Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 60.3 | 0.6 | 60.7 | 0.6 | 61.1 | 0.7 | 64.6 | 1.9 | 56.1 | 1.5 | |
Age | 18-44 | 58.8 | 0.9 | 59.6 | 0.9 | 60.3 | 1.0 | 62.9 | 2.6 | 53.0 | 1.9 |
45-64 | 61.7 | 0.9 | 61.9 | 0.9 | 62.3 | 1.0 | 66.2 | 2.4 | 59.0 | 2.8 | |
65 and over | 61.3 | 1.1 | 61.0 | 1.1 | 60.9 | 1.3 | 67.2 | 4.1 | 65.6 | 3.5 | |
Gender | Male | 59.8 | 0.8 | 60.5 | 0.9 | 61.1 | 0.9 | 63.3 | 2.7 | 52.9 | 2.4 |
Female | 60.6 | 0.7 | 60.9 | 0.7 | 61.2 | 0.8 | 65.4 | 2.0 | 58.2 | 1.8 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 56.6 | 1.5 | 56.8 | 1.7 | 56.1 | 2.2 | 64.2 | 2.5 | 56.0 | 3.0 |
Near poor/low | 57.8 | 1.3 | 58.4 | 1.4 | 58.2 | 1.7 | 61.7 | 2.9 | 53.8 | 2.4 | |
Middle | 59.5 | 1.0 | 59.5 | 1.1 | 59.9 | 1.2 | 63.0 | 3.0 | 59.7 | 3.0 | |
High | 62.4 | 0.9 | 62.9 | 0.9 | 63.4 | 0.9 | 68.8 | 3.3 | 53.3 | 3.3 | |
Educationb | Less than high school | 58.8 | 1.2 | 59.6 | 1.3 | 60.0 | 1.6 | 63.5 | 2.6 | 55.5 | 2.2 |
High school graduate | 59.1 | 1.0 | 59.3 | 1.0 | 58.7 | 1.1 | 66.9 | 3.1 | 56.2 | 2.7 | |
At least some college | 61.7 | 0.8 | 62.0 | 0.8 | 62.8 | 0.8 | 64.2 | 2.7 | 56.5 | 2.8 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 60.9 | 0.7 | 61.1 | 0.7 | 61.6 | 0.8 | 65.2 | 2.4 | 57.6 | 2.2 |
Public only | 57.8 | 1.7 | 58.4 | 1.8 | 59.0 | 2.2 | 61.2 | 3.1 | 54.8 | 3.2 | |
Uninsured | 55.2 | 1.8 | 57.7 | 2.2 | 58.8 | 2.4 | 63.5 | 5.3 | 46.4 | 3.1 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 64.1 | 2.0 | 63.9 | 2.1 | 63.8 | 2.1 | * | * | 66.9 | 5.4 |
Medicare and private | 60.0 | 1.7 | 59.8 | 1.7 | 59.5 | 1.9 | 66.5 | 6.5 | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 62.6 | 3.0 | 61.8 | 3.5 | 63.4 | 4.5 | 66.3 | 5.2 | 65.8 | 5.5 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 58.8 | 0.8 | 59.5 | 0.8 | 59.9 | 1.0 | 64.0 | 2.1 | 54.1 | 1.9 |
Metropolitan-small | 61.6 | 1.1 | 61.7 | 1.1 | 62.1 | 1.1 | 65.1 | 3.8 | 61.1 | 2.8 | |
Micropolitan | 63.9 | 1.8 | 63.9 | 1.9 | 63.5 | 2.0 | 73.6 | 4.7 | 63.7 | 4.3 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 56.7 | 2.8 | 57.4 | 2.8 | 58.2 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 64.4 | 2.5 | 64.3 | 2.5 | 64.2 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 61.0 | 0.6 | 61.3 | 0.6 | 61.3 | 0.7 | 64.7 | 1.9 | 56.6 | 2.1 |
Other | 51.2 | 2.0 | 45.5 | 3.2 | 53.5 | 6.1 | * | * | 55.5 | 2.2 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 61.3 | 0.6 | 61.4 | 0.6 | 61.3 | 0.7 | 64.7 | 1.9 | 59.8 | 2.2 |
No | 53.1 | 1.5 | 53.4 | 2.1 | 57.9 | 3.3 | 63.4 | 5.1 | 52.7 | 2.1 |
a 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.
b 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.
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: SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.