People under age 65 with any period of uninsurance during the year, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 28.0 | 0.5 | 45.1 | 1.1 | 29.6 | 0.8 | 20.2 | 0.6 | |
Age | 18-44 | 33.7 | 0.7 | 49.9 | 1.3 | 36.6 | 1.0 | 24.2 | 0.8 |
45-64 | 18.7 | 0.6 | 34.0 | 1.6 | 18.9 | 0.9 | 14.1 | 0.7 | |
Gender | Male | 29.3 | 0.7 | 48.1 | 1.4 | 30.8 | 1.0 | 20.2 | 0.8 |
Female | 26.7 | 0.6 | 42.0 | 1.2 | 28.3 | 0.9 | 20.1 | 0.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 27.1 | 0.6 | 46.6 | 1.2 | 27.9 | 0.8 | 19.1 | 0.6 |
Black, single race | 34.0 | 1.3 | 42.4 | 2.2 | 35.4 | 1.8 | 27.3 | 1.9 | |
Asian, single race | 24.8 | 2.1 | 26.4 | 4.1 | 38.5 | 5.5 | 20.7 | 2.3 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 37.6 | 4.4 | * | * | 41.8 | 6.8 | * | * | |
Multiple races | 38.5 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | 38.2 | 5.4 | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 24.4 | 0.5 | 37.4 | 1.2 | 27.0 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 0.6 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 22.5 | 0.6 | 36.7 | 1.4 | 24.6 | 0.8 | 17.5 | 0.6 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 33.8 | 1.3 | 42.7 | 2.3 | 35.0 | 1.8 | 27.2 | 1.9 | |
Hispanic (all races) | 51.4 | 1.3 | 62.1 | 1.6 | 48.5 | 2.1 | 36.3 | 2.0 | |
Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 54.4 | 1.4 | 58.5 | 1.6 | 53.5 | 2.2 | 48.5 | 2.9 |
Near poor/low | 51.8 | 1.1 | 56.0 | 1.6 | 49.2 | 1.7 | 50.0 | 1.9 | |
Middle | 28.7 | 0.9 | 38.6 | 1.6 | 29.3 | 1.2 | 23.7 | 1.1 | |
High | 12.7 | 0.5 | 22.0 | 2.0 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 11.6 | 0.6 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 27.9 | 0.8 | 45.9 | 1.5 | 30.9 | 1.1 | 20.0 | 0.8 |
Metropolitan-small | 27.7 | 1.1 | 44.9 | 2.0 | 29.3 | 1.5 | 19.1 | 1.0 | |
Micropolitan | 29.4 | 1.9 | 45.3 | 3.0 | 27.6 | 2.2 | 22.4 | 2.0 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 29.7 | 2.7 | 41.9 | 3.2 | 24.2 | 3.0 | 26.1 | 3.2 | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 26.9 | 3.4 | * | * | 25.5 | 4.0 | 24.1 | 4.6 | |
Preferred language | English | 24.9 | 0.5 | 39.0 | 1.2 | 27.4 | 0.8 | 19.0 | 0.6 |
Other | 50.3 | 1.6 | 61.6 | 1.9 | 50.9 | 2.9 | 34.1 | 2.6 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 25.1 | 0.6 | 39.8 | 1.1 | 27.2 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 0.6 |
No | 42.8 | 1.4 | 58.8 | 1.9 | 46.4 | 2.5 | 27.9 | 1.7 |
a Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school graduate 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 or 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.