Adults whose providers always listened carefully to them, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 55.3 | 0.6 | 55.0 | 0.6 | 54.4 | 0.6 | 63.4 | 1.5 | 57.9 | 1.2 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 51.2 | 0.7 | 50.9 | 0.8 | 50.0 | 0.9 | 60.6 | 1.9 | 53.8 | 1.5 |
| 45-64 | 56.5 | 0.8 | 56.0 | 0.8 | 55.1 | 0.9 | 64.4 | 2.2 | 63.1 | 2.1 | |
| 65 and over | 62.7 | 1.1 | 62.4 | 1.1 | 61.9 | 1.2 | 70.7 | 3.4 | 68.9 | 3.8 | |
| Gender | Male | 56.3 | 0.8 | 56.3 | 0.8 | 56.6 | 0.9 | 60.8 | 2.2 | 56.3 | 1.9 |
| Female | 54.6 | 0.7 | 54.1 | 0.7 | 52.8 | 0.8 | 64.8 | 1.7 | 58.9 | 1.4 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 56.6 | 1.3 | 55.7 | 1.5 | 51.5 | 1.8 | 66.9 | 2.3 | 60.6 | 2.7 |
| Near poor/low | 57.0 | 1.2 | 56.6 | 1.3 | 55.9 | 1.6 | 64.9 | 2.7 | 59.2 | 2.6 | |
| Middle | 54.1 | 1.0 | 53.9 | 1.1 | 53.6 | 1.2 | 58.7 | 2.7 | 56.4 | 2.3 | |
| High | 55.2 | 0.8 | 55.1 | 0.8 | 54.9 | 0.8 | 64.7 | 2.7 | 56.5 | 2.7 | |
| Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 57.8 | 1.1 | 57.5 | 1.2 | 56.3 | 1.5 | 67.9 | 2.1 | 58.9 | 1.8 |
| High school graduate | 57.3 | 0.8 | 57.1 | 0.9 | 56.6 | 1.0 | 62.7 | 2.2 | 59.4 | 2.4 | |
| At least some college | 53.0 | 0.7 | 52.9 | 0.8 | 52.4 | 0.8 | 62.2 | 2.3 | 55.2 | 2.3 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 53.2 | 0.7 | 53.0 | 0.7 | 52.5 | 0.7 | 62.1 | 1.9 | 56.0 | 1.7 |
| Public only | 58.7 | 1.5 | 58.4 | 1.7 | 55.2 | 2.2 | 65.4 | 2.5 | 60.0 | 3.3 | |
| Uninsured | 50.8 | 1.7 | 49.4 | 2.1 | 48.1 | 2.4 | 56.5 | 4.1 | 55.4 | 2.7 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 63.9 | 1.9 | 63.4 | 2.0 | 62.1 | 2.1 | 75.9 | 5.4 | 70.5 | 5.7 |
| Medicare and private | 62.0 | 1.5 | 62.1 | 1.5 | 61.6 | 1.6 | 73.7 | 5.0 | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 63.8 | 2.9 | 61.0 | 3.4 | 65.1 | 4.0 | 60.5 | 7.6 | 76.8 | 3.8 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 53.4 | 0.8 | 53.0 | 0.8 | 51.8 | 0.9 | 62.5 | 1.8 | 55.6 | 1.5 |
| Metropolitan-small | 57.6 | 1.2 | 57.3 | 1.2 | 57.1 | 1.2 | 65.7 | 3.2 | 61.7 | 2.6 | |
| Micropolitan | 57.8 | 1.4 | 57.3 | 1.4 | 56.9 | 1.5 | 65.7 | 4.4 | 71.2 | 5.1 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 55.7 | 2.3 | 55.2 | 2.4 | 55.4 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 58.4 | 3.8 | 58.4 | 3.8 | 58.1 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 55.3 | 0.6 | 55.3 | 0.6 | 54.6 | 0.6 | 63.5 | 1.5 | 54.8 | 1.8 |
| Other | 55.1 | 1.7 | 47.1 | 2.9 | 46.6 | 4.5 | * | * | 60.7 | 1.8 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 55.6 | 0.6 | 55.5 | 0.6 | 54.6 | 0.6 | 63.5 | 1.6 | 58.6 | 1.7 |
| No | 53.0 | 1.5 | 50.2 | 2.1 | 51.0 | 2.7 | 63.1 | 4.2 | 57.1 | 1.7 | |
a 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.
b 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.
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.