Percent of families in which a member was unable or delayed in receiving needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medications, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
| Population groupb | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 20.5 | 0.5 | 23.3 | 1.0 | 19.5 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 0.6 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 22.3 | 0.7 | 26.9 | 1.5 | 22.0 | 1.1 | 21.0 | 0.9 |
| 45-64 | 21.7 | 0.7 | 26.2 | 1.6 | 20.1 | 1.1 | 21.4 | 0.9 | |
| 65 and over | 14.0 | 0.8 | 16.6 | 1.2 | 12.8 | 1.5 | 12.4 | 1.3 | |
| Gender | Male | 19.1 | 0.6 | 21.0 | 1.4 | 19.1 | 0.9 | 18.3 | 0.8 |
| Female | 22.0 | 0.6 | 25.5 | 1.3 | 19.9 | 1.0 | 21.9 | 0.8 | |
| Race | White, single race | 20.8 | 0.5 | 23.4 | 1.1 | 19.7 | 0.8 | 20.5 | 0.7 |
| Black, single race | 19.3 | 1.0 | 23.0 | 2.0 | 17.4 | 1.8 | 18.5 | 1.7 | |
| Asian, single race | 12.9 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | 13.1 | 1.9 | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | 27.1 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | 33.2 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 20.7 | 0.5 | 24.7 | 1.1 | 19.7 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 0.6 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 21.1 | 0.6 | 25.3 | 1.3 | 20.0 | 0.8 | 20.5 | 0.7 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 19.1 | 1.0 | 22.8 | 2.0 | 17.6 | 1.9 | 18.2 | 1.7 | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 19.0 | 1.1 | 19.2 | 1.5 | 17.1 | 2.1 | 20.3 | 1.9 | |
| Family incomec | Negative or poor | 28.2 | 1.3 | 28.3 | 1.7 | 26.4 | 2.1 | 30.5 | 2.5 |
| Near poor/low | 24.8 | 1.0 | 25.8 | 1.6 | 23.0 | 1.8 | 25.9 | 1.8 | |
| Middle | 19.7 | 0.7 | 18.5 | 1.5 | 19.1 | 1.2 | 20.8 | 1.0 | |
| High | 16.1 | 0.7 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 14.2 | 1.2 | 17.0 | 0.8 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 19.0 | 0.6 | 20.4 | 1.6 | 18.4 | 0.9 | 19.2 | 0.7 |
| Public only | 32.4 | 1.9 | 30.7 | 2.3 | 31.2 | 3.0 | 38.5 | 3.9 | |
| Uninsured | 30.9 | 1.3 | 31.6 | 2.0 | 27.5 | 2.0 | 33.6 | 2.4 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 16.8 | 1.7 | 19.3 | 2.5 | 15.5 | 3.1 | 15.0 | 3.0 |
| Medicare and private | 11.9 | 0.9 | 13.1 | 1.8 | 12.0 | 1.7 | 11.0 | 1.4 | |
| Medicare and other public | 17.1 | 1.9 | 19.0 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 20.6 | 0.6 | 21.5 | 1.3 | 20.5 | 1.0 | 20.3 | 0.8 |
| Metropolitan-small | 20.9 | 1.0 | 25.6 | 2.0 | 19.4 | 1.3 | 20.0 | 1.3 | |
| Micropolitan | 19.7 | 1.7 | 25.0 | 2.6 | 17.4 | 2.0 | 18.4 | 2.3 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 20.1 | 1.8 | 23.2 | 3.3 | 16.6 | 2.6 | 21.6 | 3.1 | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 18.8 | 3.6 | * | * | 17.9 | 4.4 | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 20.9 | 0.5 | 25.5 | 1.1 | 19.7 | 0.7 | 20.2 | 0.7 |
| Other | 16.3 | 1.1 | 15.5 | 1.4 | 15.7 | 2.2 | 17.8 | 2.2 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 21.1 | 0.5 | 25.7 | 1.2 | 19.7 | 0.7 | 20.4 | 0.7 |
| No | 16.7 | 0.9 | 15.4 | 1.4 | 17.3 | 1.9 | 17.3 | 1.5 | |
a 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 Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with reference person age under 18.
c 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.
d 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.