People with difficulty contacting provider over the telephone, 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 | 20.1 | 0.5 | 20.1 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 0.7 | 20.9 | 0.6 | |
Age | 18-44 | 20.4 | 0.7 | 21.4 | 1.2 | 19.8 | 1.1 | 20.3 | 0.8 |
45-64 | 21.1 | 0.7 | 21.7 | 1.5 | 18.5 | 1.0 | 22.7 | 1.0 | |
65 and over | 17.6 | 0.8 | 17.0 | 1.3 | 18.0 | 1.4 | 18.0 | 1.4 | |
Gender | Male | 19.5 | 0.5 | 19.4 | 1.1 | 18.8 | 0.9 | 19.9 | 0.7 |
Female | 20.6 | 0.5 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 21.7 | 0.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 20.3 | 0.5 | 20.0 | 0.9 | 19.3 | 0.8 | 21.1 | 0.6 |
Black, single race | 18.6 | 1.1 | 18.8 | 1.8 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 20.1 | 1.9 | |
Asian, single race | 17.2 | 2.2 | * | * | * | * | 18.2 | 2.4 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 20.1 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 29.6 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 19.8 | 0.5 | 19.5 | 1.0 | 18.6 | 0.8 | 20.7 | 0.6 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 20.1 | 0.5 | 19.4 | 1.1 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 21.0 | 0.7 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 18.3 | 1.2 | 18.5 | 1.8 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 19.6 | 1.9 | |
Hispanic (all races) | 22.8 | 1.1 | 22.3 | 1.5 | 22.6 | 2.0 | 23.7 | 2.2 | |
Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 23.7 | 1.3 | 22.2 | 1.7 | 24.7 | 2.3 | 24.9 | 2.6 |
Near poor/low | 18.5 | 0.9 | 19.0 | 1.5 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 19.8 | 1.6 | |
Middle | 20.4 | 0.8 | 19.8 | 1.4 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 20.7 | 1.1 | |
High | 19.7 | 0.6 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 16.9 | 1.1 | 20.8 | 0.8 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 20.1 | 0.6 | 20.5 | 1.3 | 18.3 | 0.9 | 21.0 | 0.7 |
Public only | 25.2 | 1.5 | 24.5 | 2.2 | 23.6 | 2.3 | 29.6 | 3.7 | |
Uninsured | 21.6 | 1.3 | 21.2 | 2.3 | 22.0 | 1.7 | 21.6 | 2.3 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 19.8 | 1.6 | 18.8 | 2.1 | 22.8 | 3.3 | 17.4 | 3.2 |
Medicare and private | 16.0 | 1.0 | 14.1 | 1.7 | 15.5 | 1.5 | 17.6 | 1.7 | |
Medicare and other public | 19.7 | 2.4 | 19.9 | 2.9 | 16.7 | 4.0 | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 21.3 | 0.7 | 22.2 | 1.4 | 20.4 | 1.0 | 21.5 | 0.8 |
Metropolitan-small | 19.4 | 0.9 | 18.7 | 1.4 | 18.2 | 1.5 | 20.6 | 0.9 | |
Micropolitan | 18.2 | 1.2 | 17.4 | 2.2 | 16.2 | 1.5 | 20.7 | 1.7 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 16.8 | 2.2 | 14.3 | 2.6 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 19.7 | 2.9 | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 16.3 | 2.5 | 23.8 | 3.2 | 19.4 | 3.3 | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 20.0 | 0.5 | 19.6 | 0.9 | 18.9 | 0.8 | 20.8 | 0.6 |
Other | 21.4 | 1.4 | 22.1 | 1.9 | 18.7 | 2.5 | 22.1 | 2.5 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 20.0 | 0.5 | 19.7 | 0.9 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 20.9 | 0.6 |
No | 20.6 | 1.2 | 21.9 | 1.9 | 18.0 | 1.9 | 20.8 | 1.6 |
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.